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Mary Engelbreit (born June 5, 1952) is an artist whose illustrations have been printed in books, cards and calendars.
Engelbreit attributes her beginnings in art to getting eyeglasses in second grade and being able to see details of the world around her clearly for the first time.Mary Engelbreit. "If You Can Dream It," Guideposts, October 1998. After meeting her first artist, at age 9, she became convinced she needed her own studio space, which her mother helped set up in the family linen closet.
Her company, Mary Engelbreit Co., was founded in 1982. It was located in Webster Groves, Missouri and then was moved to a former Greek Orthodox church in University City, Missouri in 1994."Former church is new HQ for Mary Engelbreit Co." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1 Aug 1994: p. 127. As of 1996, her company reported $86 million in sales per year. Mary Engelbreit stores were located in St. Louis; Schaumburg, Illinois; Dallas; Denver; and Alpharetta, Georgia.Sandstrom, Karen. "Homefront: Mary Engelbreit's magazine markets domestic manageability." Chicago Tribune. 23 Nov 1996: B12.
As her card line grew in size and popularity, it drew attention from other companies who licensed her artwork on products including calendars, T-shirts, mugs, gift books, rubber stamps, ceramic figurines, and fabric. She launched a line of "Engeldark" greeting cards in 2016 that feature snarky humor.
Engelbreit was editor-in-chief of a bi-monthly creative lifestyle magazine, Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion, starting in 1996.Hertenstein, Barbara. "Cute is the name of the game." September 29, 1996. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 154.
Mary Engelbreit's A Merry Little Christmas received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Two of her books, Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose and A Night of Great Joy, received from Publishers Weekly. She has had two New York Times children's bestsellers, including an edition of The Night Before Christmas that reached #5 on the New York Times bestseller list"Best Sellers." The New York Times Book Review, vol. 107, no. 49, 8 Dec. 2002, p. 78. Gale Literature Resource Center. Accessed 8 Jan. 2021."Best Sellers: December 29, 2002." The New York Times Book Review, 29 Dec. 2002, p. 14. Gale Literature Resource Center. and Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose, which debuted at #6 and was on the bestseller list for four weeks."Children's Best Sellers." New York Times. 23 Oct 2005: F22."Children's Best Sellers." New York Times. 13 Nov 2005: F47.
She has designed sets for the The Muny's production of Matilda in 2019.
Engelbreit supports Black Lives Matter. She created art inspired by the mother of Michael Brown.
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