November 25, 2019
November 18, 2019
"My ABC Book" written & illustrated by Art Seiden (1953)
ART SEIDEN (1923 - 2004) was born in Brooklyn, NY. He received a BA at Queens
College and studied for eight years at the Art Students League.
Upon entering the illustration
field he did corporate and advertising work for some of the largest
companies in America: Phillip Morris, Hoffmann-LaRoche, General Motors
and Hearst Publications.
Seiden distinctive style is most recognized and well-known in the field of children's book illustration. The first title he illustrated was Three Mice and a Rat by Margaret Wise Brown and Jean H. Berg in 1950. Seiden illustrated over 300 books and was both author and artist of at least 22 children's books for every major publisher in America. Seiden spent the next fifty-plus years working with a multitude of authors and returned to work with Margaret Wise Brown with one final book, The Train to Timbuctoo, for Golden Books in 1999.
Seiden worked mainly in transparent watercolors and gouache. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and The Society of Illustrators, among others.
Seiden distinctive style is most recognized and well-known in the field of children's book illustration. The first title he illustrated was Three Mice and a Rat by Margaret Wise Brown and Jean H. Berg in 1950. Seiden illustrated over 300 books and was both author and artist of at least 22 children's books for every major publisher in America. Seiden spent the next fifty-plus years working with a multitude of authors and returned to work with Margaret Wise Brown with one final book, The Train to Timbuctoo, for Golden Books in 1999.
Seiden worked mainly in transparent watercolors and gouache. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and The Society of Illustrators, among others.
November 4, 2019
"Now That Days Are Colder" by Aileen Fisher, Designed & Illustrated by Gordon Laite, Lettering by Paul Taylor (1973)
GORDON LAITE (1925 - 1978)
was born in New York City to Polish immigrants.
Sometime during his early childhood Charles and Blanche Fisher
Laite became his foster parents.
Charles Laite was a Broadway actor who appeared in four silent films. Charles died in 1937 of a heart attack at the stage door of the Cleveland House Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was an understudy for the play "In a Nutshell."
Blanche was the illustrator of one of the most popular children's book's ever sold, The Real Mother Goose by Rand McNally. Over 3,600,000 copies of this book have been sold since its first printing in 1916.
Gordon Laite attended Beloit College in Wisconsin and the Chicago Art Institute. He had a prolific career as an artist and illustrator of children's books.
Laite married his wife Jeanne in 1948 and the couple had three children. His later years were spent in Gallup, New Mexico until his death in 1978 at the age of 52.
Charles Laite was a Broadway actor who appeared in four silent films. Charles died in 1937 of a heart attack at the stage door of the Cleveland House Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was an understudy for the play "In a Nutshell."
Blanche was the illustrator of one of the most popular children's book's ever sold, The Real Mother Goose by Rand McNally. Over 3,600,000 copies of this book have been sold since its first printing in 1916.
Gordon Laite attended Beloit College in Wisconsin and the Chicago Art Institute. He had a prolific career as an artist and illustrator of children's books.
Laite married his wife Jeanne in 1948 and the couple had three children. His later years were spent in Gallup, New Mexico until his death in 1978 at the age of 52.
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