Clement Hurd

Clement G. Hurd was an American artist. He is known for illustrations of childrens picture books, especially collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny .

Hurd was born in New York City to Richard Melancthon Hurd, an economist and mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd. He was educated at St. Pauls School in Concord, New Hampshire, then studied architecture at Yale University and painting with Fernand Lger in Paris.

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