Fay Turpin

Fay Turpin Jabine (December 9, 1892 – June 2, 1967) was an American artist, especially known as a magazine and children's book illustrator.

Fay Turpin
Fay Turpin
BornDecember 9, 1892
Holton, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJune 2, 1967 (age 74)
New York, New York, U.S.
Other nameFay Turpin Jabine
OccupationsIllustrator, painter

Fay Turpin Jabine (December 9, 1892 – June 2, 1967) was an American artist, especially known as a magazine and children's book illustrator.

Personal life and education

Turpin was born in Holton, Kansas, the daughter of Austin Caleb Turpin and Iva Gertrude Lawry Turpin. Her father worked for the railroad as a passenger agent.[1][2] She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago.[3]

Turpin married lawyer and publisher William Jabine in 1926; they divorced in 1951.[4][5][6] She died in 1967, at the age of 74, in New York City.

Career

Title page of Little Sally Dutcher (1924) by Beth Proctor, illustrated by Fay Turpin
Title page of Little Sally Dutcher (1924) by Beth Proctor, illustrated by Fay Turpin

Turpin illustrated books and magazine articles and stories, including stories in The Rotarian,[7][8][9] Survey Graphic,[10] Missions,[11] The American Girl,[12] and High School Life.[13] She was one of the six illustrators tapped by the American Red Cross to create Christmas cards for the troops to send during World War I.[14] She had a gallery show in New York City in 1955, featuring her watercolor paintings of boating scenes.[15]

Books

In addition to her magazine illustrations and paintings, Turpin illustrated children's books and textbooks, including these titles:

  • Olive Beaupré Miller, ed., Through the Fairy Halls of my Bookhouse (1920)[16]
  • Olive Beaupré Miller, ed., The Treasure Chest of my Bookhouse (1920)[17]
  • Olive Beaupré Miller, ed. The Latchkey of my Bookhouse (1921)[18]
  • Olive Beaupré Miller, ed., From the Tower Window of my Bookhouse (1922)[19]
  • Beth Proctor, The Tale of a Lucky Dog (1924)[20]
  • Beth Proctor, Little Sally Dutcher (1924)[21]
  • Janet Lewis, The Friendly Adventures of Ollie Ostrich (1928)[22][23]
  • Bernard M. Sheridan et al., Speaking and Writing English (1930)[24]
  • Mary Tarver Carroll, The Man Who Dared to Care (1942)[25]
  • Larry Turpin, Toys You Can Make At Home (1947)[26]
  • Howard Eugene Wilson, Out of the Past (1954)[27]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary for Iva Gertrude Turpin". Detroit Free Press. 1933-10-05. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Death Claims Ex-rail Agent". Press-Telegram. 1939-03-01. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Art Institute of Chicago (1922). Catalogue of the Exhibition of Work by the Alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago. pp. 23, 30, 42.
  4. ^ "Alumni Notes" Columbia Alumni News (April 30, 1926): 605.
  5. ^ "Weddings: Jabine-Turpin". Yonkers Statesman. 1926-04-05. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Divorces Granted to 11 Couples in Superior Court". Hartford Courant. 1951-09-22. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Botsford, Harry. "Do You Think of Advertising in this Way?" The Rotarian (February 1923): 75-76, 113.
  8. ^ Melvill, Arthur. "Trimming the Midnight Lamps" The Rotarian (November 1923): 12.
  9. ^ Moore, Grace. "At the Sign of the Christmas Tree" The Rotarian (December 1925): 27, 41.
  10. ^ Johnson, Dallas (July 1947). "They Fenced Tolerance In". Survey Graphic: 398 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ "Young Americans". Missions. 10 (11): 866. December 1919.
  12. ^ Turpin, Fay (March 1930). "Cover design". The American Girl. 13 (3): cover, 64 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Carpenter, Niles. "Another Way Out" High School Life (February 1914): 323.
  14. ^ "Red Cross Christmas Cards Will Be Sent Home by A.E.F." The News Letter of the American Red Cross Atlantic Division 1(49)(December 9, 1918): n.p.
  15. ^ "Fay Turpin". The Art Digest. 29 (10): 32. February 15, 1955 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ Miller, Olive Beaupré (1920). Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse. Bookhouse for Children.
  17. ^ Miller, Olive Beaupré (1920). The Treasure Chest of my Bookhouse. Internet Archive. The Bookhouse for Children.
  18. ^ Miller, Olive Beaupré (1921). The Latch Key of My Bookhouse. Bookhouse for Children.
  19. ^ Miller, Olive Beaupré (1922). My Book House: From the Tower Window. Bookhouse for Children.
  20. ^ "A Child's Story of Japan (review)". The Morning Call. 1931-10-24. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Proctor, Beth (1924). Little Sally Dutcher;a true story. The Library of Congress. Chicago, Jordan publishing company.
  22. ^ Miller, Bertha E. Mahony (1929). Realms of Gold in Children's Books. Doubleday, Doran. pp. 123–124.
  23. ^ Kordich, Catherine J.; Welch, Michael Dylan (July 1999). "Enduring Imagist: An Interview with Janet Lewis". Graceguts. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  24. ^ Sheridan, Bernard M. (1930). Speaking and writing English. University of Alberta Libraries. Chicago : B. H. Sanborn.
  25. ^ Carroll, Mary Tarver (1942). The man who dared to care; the story of James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785. Internet Archive. New York, Toronto, Longmans, Green and co.
  26. ^ "Toy Making Volume Hit with Young, Old". The Republican. 1944-09-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ Wilson, Howard Eugene (1954). Out of the Past. University of Alberta Libraries. New York, American Book Co.

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