Muriel Wood

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Muriel Wood is a Canadian artist.

Biography

After graduating from the Canterbury College of Art, she began illustrating children's books. She taught illustration at the Ontario College of Art for ten years. [1] Among the books she has illustrated are The Olden Days Coat by Margaret Laurence, [2] Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Old Bird by Irene Morck, Lizzie's Storm by Sally Fitz-Gibbon, Scared Sarah by Mary Alice Downie, and Aram's Choice and Call Me Aram by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. Her illustrations have also appeared on Canadian postage stamps. [3] She lives with her husband, illustrator, graphic artist and designer David Chestnutt, in Toronto, Ontario.

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References

  1. "Muriel Wood". Random House, Inc. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  2. Gordon, Irene (September 3, 1999). "The Olden Days Coat". CM Magazine. VI (1). Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  3. For example: "Dr. Emily Howard Stowe". Famous Canadian Women on Postage Stamps. Retrieved 2010-11-30.