Kurt Wiese

Kurt Wiese (April 22, 1887 - May 27, 1974)[1] was an award-winning German-born book illustrator. Wiese wrote and illustrated 20 children's books and illustrated another 300 for other authors.

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Biography

Wiese was born in Minden, Germany.[1] He aspired to be an artist but was discouraged by his community.[1]

World War One

Wiese lived and traveled in China for six years,[2] 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.[3] After his release at the end of the war, Wiese returned to Germany but the economy was so bad that he moved to Brazil.[1]

United States

Wiese began his illustration career in Brazil, and in 1927 moved to the United States. His first critical success was with the illustrations for Felix Salten's Bambi in 1929.[1] In 1930 he married Gertrude Hansen, with whom he lived on a farm in Frenchtown, New Jersey.[1]

Awards

Books and Illustrations

(partial listing from Worldcat.org)

+Lions in the Barn by Virginia Frances Voight; Kurt Wiese. Publisher: New York, Holiday House 1955.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Birthday Bios: Kurt Wiese," Children's Literature Network.
  2. ^ "Kurt Wiese" (about the author), The Story About Ping (Viking edition, Penguin Putnam, 1933).
  3. ^ James A. Michener Art Museum: Bucks County Artists

External links

Freddy the Pig books by Walter R. Brooks (author) and Kurt Wiese (illustrator)
Freddy Goes to Florida (1927)  • Freddy Goes to the North Pole (1930)  • Freddy the Detective (1932)  • The Story of Freginald (1936)  • The Clockwork Twin (1937)  • Freddy the Politician (1939)  • Freddy's Cousin Weedly (1940)  • Freddy and the Ignormus (1941)  • Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (1942)  • Freddy and the Bean Home News (1943)  • Freddy and Mr. Camphor (1944)  • Freddy and the Popinjay (1945)  • Freddy the Pied Piper (1946)  • Freddy the Magician (1947)  • Freddy Goes Camping (1948)  • Freddy Plays Football (1949)  • Freddy the Cowboy (1950)  • Freddy Rides Again (1951)  • Freddy the Pilot (1952)  • Freddy and the Spaceship (1953)  • The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig (1953)  • Freddy and the Men from Mars (1954)  • Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars (1955)  • Freddy and Simon the Dictator (1956) Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans (1957)  • Freddy and the Dragon (1958)