Genevieve Knapp McConnell
- BORN
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March 18, 1876
Saint Louis, Missouri
- DIED
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April 29, 1955
Winter Park, Florida
- EDUCATION
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St. Louis School of Fine Arts, Washington University
Saint Louis, MissouriSmith College
Boston, MassachusettsMary Institute
Saint Louis, Missouri
Genevieve Knapp McConnell was born on March 18, 1876, in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1897, and also studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
McConnell was known for writing and illustrating stories for children that were published in children’s magazines. She is also the author and illustrator of the book The Seeing Eye, published in 1925.
McConnell was an active member of the Writers' Guild in St. Louis and a member of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild. She also wrote plays that she entered in contests. She won an honorable mention for her play The Grapevine in the Little Theater Tournament sponsored by the St. Louis Art League in 1930. McConnell won an award from the Writers' Guild for her radio play, The Next Builders, in 1931. McConnell was a recipient of the annual poetry prize from the St. Louis Writers’ Guild in the late 1920s.
McConnell established her own private circulating library of children’s books at the Women’s Exchange in St. Louis in 1930. Families could pay a fee to be able to borrow books.
Genevieve Knapp McConnell died on April 29, 1955, in Winter Park, Florida.
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“Genevieve Knapp McConnell,” Find a Grave, accessed August 12, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47874042/genevieve-mcconnell.
“Mrs. G. McConnell, St. Louis Writer, Dies in Florida at 79,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 30, 1955, 4.
“Prizes are Awarded by Writers' Guild,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 5, 1931, C5.
“Mrs. Genevieve K. McConnell Has a Children’s Library and Has Written Several of Its Books,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 28, 1930, 5,12.
“One Act Play “Eyes” is Winner of Little Theater Tournament,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 6, 1930, 10.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Mantle Fielding, Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Philadelphia: Printed for the subscribers, 1926).
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Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
Bibliography
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“Genevieve Knapp McConnell,” Find a Grave, accessed August 12, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47874042/genevieve-mcconnell.
“Mrs. G. McConnell, St. Louis Writer, Dies in Florida at 79,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 30, 1955, 4.
“Prizes are Awarded by Writers' Guild,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 5, 1931, C5.
“Mrs. Genevieve K. McConnell Has a Children’s Library and Has Written Several of Its Books,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 28, 1930, 5,12.
“One Act Play “Eyes” is Winner of Little Theater Tournament,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 6, 1930, 10.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Mantle Fielding, Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Philadelphia: Printed for the subscribers, 1926).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on August 23, 2022
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