The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Leonard Weisgard PUBLICATIONS
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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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesIllustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945
1961Mahony, Bertha E (others)527 pages