K.Y. Craft

Author profile

born

January 01, 1940 in Japan

gender

female

website

http://www.kycraft.com

genre

Illustration

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Kinuko Y. Craft is one of the most widely respected and well known fantasy artists in the United States today. She considers herself a story teller. Her past commissions have included paintings for the book covers of many well known fantasy authors, opera posters, fairy tale books and covers for many national magazines. During her career she has become known for meticulous attention to detail, a passionate love of fine art and a deep knowledge of art history. Kinuko Y. Craft considers her self a story teller. Her fairy tale books are currently distributed in the USA, other English language countries, Europe, Greece, China and Korea. Her art is also widely licensed on calendars, posters, greeting cards and...more * Complete list of her book covers.

Kinuko Y. Craft is one of the most widely respected and well known fantasy artists in the United States today. She considers herself a story teller. Her past commissions have included paintings for the book covers of many well known fantasy authors, opera posters, fairy tale books and covers for many national magazines. During her career she has become known for meticulous attention to detail, a passionate love of fine art and a deep knowledge of art history. Kinuko Y. Craft considers her self a story teller. Her fairy tale books are currently distributed in the USA, other English language countries, Europe, Greece, China and Korea. Her art is also widely licensed on calendars, posters, greeting cards and other consumer goods. Her work has been widely exhibited and is now in private collections in New York City, Atlanta GA, Santa Barbara CA, Dallas TX, Connecticut, San Francisco CA, Italy, Japan and Greece. It can also be found public collections at The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian, The Cornish Colony Museum in Windsor, VT, The Museum of American Illustration in New York City, The National Geographic Society and other corporate collections.

Ms. Craft is a graduate, BFA 1962, of The Kanazawa Municipal College of Fine and Industrial Art (known in Japan as The Kanazawa Bidai). She was born in Japan and came to the United States in the early sixties where she continued studies in design and illustration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a year and a half. Subsequently, she worked for several years in well known Chicago art studios. By the end of the decade her work was in wide demand and she had begun her long and successful career as a free-lance illustrator. For most of this time she worked in editorial and advertising markets where her work regularly appeared in national magazines and newspapers. Since the mid 1990’s, she has concentrated on children's picture books, fantasy book jackets and poster designs.. Her work is currently represented by Graphic Collectibles, an on-line gallery offering her original art and fine-art limited edition giclée prints at: http://www.graphiccollectibles.com
Kinuko Craft's work has been recognized repeatedly by professional art and design publications, competitions and shows, garnering numerous awards over the years.(less)

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Books by K.Y. Craft

Average rating: 4.24 · 3,875 ratings · 297 reviews · 36 distinct works

	The Twelve Dancing Princesses by K.Y. Craft, Marianna Mayer 4.23 avg rating — 1,659 ratings — published 1956 — 52 editions	My rating:
	Cinderella 4.22 avg rating — 869 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	King Midas and the Golden Touch by K.Y. Craft (Illustrator), Charlotte Craft 4.17 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Sleeping Beauty 4.48 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Kinuko Craft: Drawings & Paintings 4.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	2011 Year Of Enchantment Engagements Calendar 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:
	Mother Goose ABC 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1978	My rating:
	Sleeping Beauty by Mahlon F. Craft, K.Y. Craft (illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 597 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mother Goose ABC GB 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Women Of Enchantment 2004 Calendar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: