Rie Cramer Collection

Collection

Identifier: CLRC-1330

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Rie Cramer collection contains color and black & white prints for fairy tale illustrations created by Rie Cramer.

Dates

Creation: Undated

Creator

Cramer, Rie, 1887-1977 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Rie Cramer was a Dutch author and illustrator. She was born in 1887 in Sukabumi, Indonesia (then known as the Dutch East Indies), and later returned with her family to the Netherlands. She studied at the Royal Academy of Art before embarking on a career as an illustrator, best known for her children's books. In addition to illustration she also worked as a writer, including plays (two published under the pseudonym Marc Holman), and as a translator. She died in 1977.

Biographical source:

"Rie Cramer." Wikipedia. Accessed April 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rie_Cramer.