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MacDonald, recipient of a $3000 research fellowship
provided by the Margret and H.A. Rey Fellowship, is
shown here with some of the Rey Archive housed at the
de Grummond Collection. MacDonald, whose plans include
a biography of the Reys, began her research last year
in an attempt to learn as much as possible about the
personal and professional lives of this intriguing couple.
In her research proposal, MacDonald stated, "One of
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fascinating
things I think about the Reys' story was their personal experience
of some of the most important historical moments of the last
century ... I suspect that these experiences - from the personal
to the global - shaped the deeply humane artists that became
so adept at touching the lives of so many. So while it is
never an easy task to locate the origin of a wellspring of
creativity such as the Reys's, one of the things I will be
looking for at the de Grummond are just those sparks of humanity,
fingerposts that point to and give insight into the personalities
and processes of the artists." MacDonald will continue her
research by interviewing personal friends and professional
colleagues of the Reys, as well as a possible return visit
to the de Grummond Collection. We look forward to the day
when an exhaustive biography of the creators of Curious George
is accessible to all.
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