poniedziałek, 14 maja 2012

Art Seiden














Art Seiden, 1923-2004, amerykański ilustrator książek dla dzieci, zilustrował około 300 książek, i był jednocześnie autorem i ilustratorem 22 książek mi.in. (Junior Joke Book, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jack and the Beanstalk Art, Tom Glazer's Treasury of Songs for Children, Seiden's Book of Toys, Stories about Elves, Fairies, and Little People to Read Aloud Michael Shows Off Baltimore, Everything on Wheels). Debiutował w 1953 r.  książką My ABC Book. Najczęściej posługiwał się techniką akwareli i gwaszu.
Niektóre tytuły książek, do których Art Seiden stworzył ilustracje: Three mice and a Rat, The Little Engine that Laughed, Things to Cook, Howdy Doody and the Princess, The Big Treasure Book of Wheels: 70 Things that Move on Wheel, Pinocchio, Where is the Keeper?, Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat, Fairy Tales: The Big Treasure Book of Fairy Tales, Train Stories, Stories of Gods and Heroes: Famous Myths and Legends of the World, Listening for Sounds, Dinosauer Comes to Town, Patrick and the Duckling, Stubby, The Animals Playground, This is a Newspaper, Hanna Barbera's Yogi Bear Takes a Vacation, Uncle Wiggily Storie, The Picture Story and Biography of Red Cloud, Animal Babies, On Top of Spaghett, Woodland Animals, Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, A White Sweater Must Be White, The Turtle and the Rabbit, The Dog on the Ice, The Big and Little Book of ABC's, The Magic of Music: Book One, Merton and His Moving Van, Whatever Happened to Yes?, The Airplane Book, The Huffin Puff Express.
Prezentowane ilustracje pochodzą z książki pt Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi, wydanej przez Wonder Books w  1954 roku.

niedziela, 4 marca 2012

Adrienne Adams


















Adrienne Adams, 1906- 2002, amerykańska projektantka, autorka książek dla dzieci (Poetry of Earth, A Woggle of Witches) i ilustracji do ponad 30 książek, m.in. Baśni Andersena,  Baśni Braci Grimm, What Makes a Shadow?, The Easter Egg Artists, Three Cheers for Books, Thumbelina, Where Does Everyone Go?, The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, Going Barefoot, Houses from the Sea, Butterfly Time, The Christmas Party, Swing into Books, Halloween Happening, The Mouse Palace, Ponies of Mykillengi, The Wounded Duck, The Shoemaker and the Elves, Angela of Angel Court, The Summer is Magic, The River Bank, The 13th is Magic, Twice Upon a Time, Where does Everyone Go?, Mr. Biddle and the Birds.

Prezentowane ilustracje pochodzą z książki pt. The Fairy Doll autorstwa Rumer Godden wydanej w 1956 r.