Kurt Wiese (1887–1974)
Autor(a) de Happy Easter
About the Author
German-born Kurt Wiese lived on a farm in Frenchtown, New Jersey. He wrote and illustrated over 20 childrens books, and illustrated over 300 books by other authors. Wiese was awarded many honors during his career including the New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Award in 1941 mostrar mais for Captain Kid's Cow, in 1942 for Lions on the Hunt and in 1945 for The Wizard and His Magic Powder. He received the Caldecott Honor Book Award in 1946 for You Can Write Chinese and in 1948 for Fish in the Air. He also won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959 for The Five Chinese Brothers, in 1965 for The Story About Ping, and in 1970 for Honk, The Moose. Wiese worked primarily in full-color, and also did mural work painting the animals in murals in the Union Hotel in Flemington. Significant pieces of this art still remain on display in the dining room. He was a noted Hunterdon County childrens book illustrator, and donated a collection of his original drawings to the Flemington Public Library. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: James A. Michener Art Museum
Obras por Kurt Wiese
Bambi. A Thrushwood Book 3 exemplares
Buddy, the Bear 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Kipling stories and poems every child should know (1909) — Ilustrador, algumas edições — 18 exemplares
Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951) — Ilustrador, algumas edições; Ilustrador, algumas edições — 13 exemplares
Picture Book of Mississippi (1956) — Ilustrador; Ilustrador, algumas edições; Ilustrador — 9 exemplares
Snow for Christmas — Ilustrador — 5 exemplares
Bermuda in Story and Picture — Ilustrador — 2 exemplares
Animals of a sagebrush ranch — Ilustrador — 2 exemplares
The United States Books (Set of 50) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Young Jackie Robinson — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Bolivia in Story and Picture (Pictured Geography) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Guatemala in Story and Picture (Pictured Geography) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Virgin Islands in Story and Picture — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
A Very Special Pet — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Odie Seeks a Friend — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
The Engineer — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Blackfellow Bundi: A Native Australian Boy — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Laughing Matter — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1887-04-22
- Data de falecimento
- 1974-05-27
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Germany
- Local de nascimento
- Minden, Westphalia, Germany
- Locais de residência
- China
Australia
Kingwood Township, New Jersey, USA
Brazil - Ocupações
- illustrator
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Kurt Wiese (April 22, 1887 – May 27, 1974) was a German-born book illustrator. Wiese wrote and illustrated 20 children's books and illustrated another 300 for other authors. Wiese was born in Minden, Germany. He lived and traveled in China for six years, selling merchandise as a young man. At the outbreak of World War I, he was captured by the Japanese, and turned over to the British. He spent five years as a prisoner, most of them in Australia, where his fascination with the animal life inspired him to start sketching again. After his release at the end of the war, Wiese returned to Germany but the economy was so bad that he moved to Brazil. It was there that he began his illustration career, and in 1927 moved to the United States. His first critical success was with the illustrations for Felix Salten's Bambi in 1929. In 1930 he married Gertrude Hansen, with whom he lived on a farm in Kingwood Township, New Jersey.
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- Obras
- 20
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- Membros
- 528
- Popularidade
- #47,121
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 16