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Leonard Weisgard BIOGRAPHY
1916 New Haven, Connecticut - 2000 Glumso, Denmark. Known for: Children's book illustrator, designer.
The following, submitted January 2005, is contributed by the children of the artist: Abigail, Ethan and Chrissy Weisgard. Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 300... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is contributed by the children of the artist: Abigail, Ethan and Chrissy Weisgard. Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 300 children's books, was perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown.... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is contributed by the children of the artist: Abigail, Ethan and Chrissy Weisgard. Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 300 children's books, was perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut but spent much of his early childhood in England, the birth place of his father. His interest in the quality of children's books began after his family moved back... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is contributed by the children of the artist: Abigail, Ethan and Chrissy Weisgard. Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 300 children's books, was perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut but spent much of his early childhood in England, the birth place of his father. His interest in the quality of children's books began after his family moved back to the USA when he was eight years old. As a schoolboy in New York, he was dissatisfied with the books supplied by the public schools he attended. He found the illustrations monotonous and thought that the world "could not be all that dreary and... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is contributed by the children of the artist: Abigail, Ethan and Chrissy Weisgard. Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 300 children's books, was perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut but spent much of his early childhood in England, the birth place of his father. His interest in the quality of children's books began after his family moved back to the USA when he was eight years old. As a schoolboy in New York, he was dissatisfied with the books supplied by the public schools he attended. He found the illustrations monotonous and thought that the world "could not be all that dreary and limited to only one color." . He went on to study art at the Pratt Institute and the New School for Social Research, where he was inf... Read full biography
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The following, submitted January 2005, is contributed by the children of the artist: Abigail, Ethan and Chrissy Weisgard.
Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 300 children's books, was perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut but spent much of his early childhood in England, the birth place of his father.
His interest in the quality of children's books began after his family moved back to the USA when he was eight years old. As a schoolboy in New York, he was dissatisfied with the books supplied by the public schools he attended. He found the illustrations monotonous and thought that the world "could not be all that ...But wait, there's more...
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