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Low, Joseph, 1911-2007

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1911-08-11 - 2007-02-12

Biography

Joseph Charles Low was an American artist and children's book illustrator. Low was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. He made cover illustrations for The New Yorker between 1940 and 1980. Low illustrated Jan de Hartog's novel, The Little Ark, which was published in 1953.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Robert Liddell Lowe correspondence, 1926-1981

 Collection
Identifier: 1984-003
Scope and Contents

Papers of American poet, writer and critic. Primarily correspondence from colleagues and friends who included: Witter Bynner, Malcolm Cowley, T.S. Eliot, Caroline Gordon, Joseph Low, Harriet Monroe, John Crowe Ransom, Stephen Spender, Allen Tate, Frank Tuohy, Thornton Wilder, and Yvor Winters. Also includes personal material such as photographs, press cuttings, phone bills, bank receipts, proof copies of a collection of unpublished poems, press cuttings, and poetry magazines.

Dates: 1926 - 1981