{"title":"Sterrett, Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Sterrett (1900-1931)\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1900. After her father's death, she and her family moved to Missouri but returned to Chicago in 1915. There, she enrolled in high school and later entered the Art Institute of Chicago with a scholarship. One year after entering the institute, Sterrett's mother grew ill and Sterrett dropped out to provide for her family. She gained work at an art advertisement agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSterrett received her first commission at the age of 19 (shortly after she was diagnosed with tuberculosis) from the Penn Publishing Company to illustrate '\u003cstrong\u003eOld French Fairy Tales\u003c\/strong\u003e' (1920), a collection of works from the 19th-century French author, Comtesse de Ségur (Sophie Fedorovna Rostopchine).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA year after the publication of 'Old French Fairy Tales', a new title including commissioned works from Sterrett was presented by the Penn Publishing Company, 'Tanglewood Tales' (1921).  From 1923, in failing health, Sterrett was able to work on projects for short periods only and as a result, she was able to complete just one further commission prior to her death, her own interpretation of '\u003cstrong\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/strong\u003e' (1928). She died of tuberculosis in 1931.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe comments of the St Louis Post-Dispatch, in the supplement published following Sterrett's death (published July 5, 1931), pay fitting tribute to her life and work:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHer achievement was beauty, a delicate, fantastic beauty, created with brush and pencil. Almost unschooled in art, her life spent in prosaic places of the West and Middle West, she made pictures of haunting loveliness, suggesting Oriental lands she never saw and magical realms no one ever knew except in the dreams of childhood. Perhaps it was the hardships of her own life that gave the young artist's work its fanciful quality. In the imaginative scenes she set down on paper she must have escaped from the harsh actualities of existence\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"arabian-nights-1928-virginia-sterrett-1900-1931-18-images","title":"Arabian Nights 1928 - Virginia Sterrett (1900-1931) - 18 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the 18 illustrations by Virginia Sterrett for the Arabian Nights 1928.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 18 hi-res images, in jpeg format, that are 300dpi and range in size from 1578 pixels wide\/tall to 3290 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/sterrett-virginia\" title=\"Virginia Sterrett\"\u003eVirginia Sterrett\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 18 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50463274828106,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Sterrett_Virginia_1900-1931_-ArabianNights1928-Serpantflewaway.jpg?v=1747054577"},{"product_id":"old-french-fairy-tales-1920-virginia-sterrett-1900-1931-8-images","title":"Old French Fairy Tales 1920 - Virginia Sterrett (1900-1931) - 8 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the 8 illustrations by Virginia Sterrett for the Old French Fairy Tales 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 8 hi-res images, in jpeg format, that are 300dpi and range in size from 1556 pixels wide\/tall to 5552 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/sterrett-virginia\" title=\"Virginia Sterrett\"\u003eVirginia Sterrett\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 8 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50463315525962,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Sterrett_Virginia_1900-1931_-OldFrenchFairyTales1920-Passingthroughtheforest.jpg?v=1747054576"},{"product_id":"tanglewood-tales-1921-virginia-sterrett-1900-1931-10-images","title":"Tanglewood Tales 1921 - Virginia Sterrett (1900-1931) - 10 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the 10 illustrations by Virginia Sterrett for the Tanglewood Tales 1921.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 10 hi-res images, in jpeg format, that are 300dpi and range in size from 1565 pixels wide\/tall to 2185 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/sterrett-virginia\" title=\"Virginia Sterrett\"\u003eVirginia Sterrett\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 10 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50463326241098,"sku":null,"price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Sterrett_Virginia_1900-1931_-TanglewoodTales1921-Shewhippedupthesnakes.jpg?v=1747054575"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Virginia_Sterrett-860503.jpg?v=1743601615","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/sterrett-virginia.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}