Bess Bruce Cleaveland (1876-1966) was born in Washington Court House, Ohio. She studied art at the Art Students League & Pratt Institute in New York, graduating in 1901. After teaching art for six years, Cleaveland turned to illustrating books, teacher’s magazines, and other commercial art projects. Cleaveland worked in ink and watercolor. Children and animals were her favorite subjects. In addition to drawing most of the cats and dog in Washington Court House, she visited zoos to study and sketch wild animals. Her backyard garden attracted birds, squirrels and rabbits, all of which she sketched. She illustrated the children's book Windmills and Wooden Shoes by Maude Grant, published in 1920.
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| Bess Bruce Cleaveland |
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| Illustration from Little Folks Monthly Magazine |
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| Little Folks Monthly Magazine/ November 1911 |
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| Cleaveland/ Halloween postcard |
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| Cleveland/A Happy Easter |
Cleaveland made several books of jointed figures that are very beautiful. Thank you "The CMM" for your collection on Flickr. The link is at the bottom of the page and also includes many more similar illustrations by other artist..
Ok, so I went crazy finding more pictures by Bess Bruce Cleaveland.....
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| Birds to Color/set On sale on Etsy 4/13/19 for $38 |
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| Flowers to Color/set On sale on Etsy 4/13/19 for $48 |
The following link displays a very large collection of Biblical works created by Bess Bruce Cleaveland. They are arranged so as to easily see many of her works. There are also some by other artists and so you will have to look closely to identify her pieces.
Here is another link to a collection of The Good Zoo Drawing Cards.
At this website you will find clip art
from Cleaveland's illustrations from Windmills and Wooden Shoes.
I am TheCMN. Thank you for sharing my paper toys.
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