D'Aulaire, Ingri (1904–1980)

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D'Aulaire, Ingri (1904–1980)

Norwegian-American illustrator. Pronunciation: DOH-lair. Born Ingrid Maartenson in Kongsberg, Norway, Dec 27, 1904; died of cancer, Oct 24, 1980, in Wilson, Connecticut; dau. of Per (business executive) and Line (Sandsmark) Maartenson; attended Kongsberg Junior College and Institute of Arts and Crafts, Oslo; Hans Hofman School of Art, Munich; and Academie Scandinave, Academie Gauguin, and Academie Andre L'Hote in Paris; married Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (artist and author) July 24, 1925; children: Per Ola, Nils Maarten.

With husband, arrived in America (1929) and began writing and illustrating picture books on Scandinavian themes; by mid-1930s, had abandoned the idyllic fantasies of their Scandinavian period in favor of epic, heroic portrayals of American history, including Columbus (1955).

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