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1882 Guatemala - 1942 New York City. Known for: Children's book illustration, marionette making, design.
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to draw, and at age 23, left Germany to live in England. In London, he worked for an ad agency and designed the famous lion trademark for Lyon's marmalade. He left the ad agency to draw for magazines,... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to draw, and at age 23, left Germany to live in England. In London, he worked for an ad agency and designed the famous lion trademark for Lyon's marmalade. He left the ad agency to draw for magazines, illustrating old jokes from newspaper files. After watching 50 performances by the great puppet master, Holden, in London, Sarg made some marionettes and established his own theatre at the Old Curiosity Shop. He came to this country in 1915 to illustrate... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to draw, and at age 23, left Germany to live in England. In London, he worked for an ad agency and designed the famous lion trademark for Lyon's marmalade. He left the ad agency to draw for magazines, illustrating old jokes from newspaper files. After watching 50 performances by the great puppet master, Holden, in London, Sarg made some marionettes and established his own theatre at the Old Curiosity Shop. He came to this country in 1915 to illustrate books, and design barber shops for children in department stores. Touring with marionettes in the 1920s made him... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (15)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001Reed, Walt452 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesCovers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995Cohn, Jan298 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984Reed, Walt and Roger355 pages (color)Dictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesFaces and Facts about 26 Contemporary Artists (illustrators)
1968Birchman, Willis81 pagesHistory of Water Color in America
1966Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck160 pages (color)The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966Reed, Walt272 pages (color)London Transport Posters
1963Hutchison, Harold F0 pages (color)American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists
1938Bolton, Theodore290 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages