The Young Artist Sets Out
She later created a drawing named The Kewpie, which first appeared in 1909, in Ladies Home Journal. The Kewpies were like little cupids. They looked like babies and were always kind to one another. People loved Kewpies so much that in 1913 O'Neill had dolls made of them. Kewpie images appeared on things like soda, tissues, china, advertisements, and postcards.
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In 1893, when O'Neill was only nineteen, she moved to New York to sell her illustrations. She worked for periodicals like Puck and Cosmopolitan. In 1904 she wrote and illustrated a novel, The Loves of Edwy.
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O'Neill was also a serious artist, whose work was very well respected by people. She made numerous paintings and sculptures. Her serious art was especially loved by the French.