Kewpies

Kewpies, plump, nude, elfin creatures designed by Rose O’Neill, were first pictured in the Ladies’ Home Journal in 1909. Art student Joseph Kallus translated O’Neill’s drawings into three-dimensional designs for Kewpie dolls and figurines, which started appearing about 1911. The big-eyed doll with the pug nose, slight smile, tiny blue wings, and topknot was an […]