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.
TRINA SCHART HYMAN
(1939 - 2004) illustrated over 150 books during her long career,
including fairy tales and Arthurian legends. She received the 1985
Caldecott Medal for Saint George and the Dragon and was awarded
Caldecott Honors three times. During the 1970s she developed a
reputation as a talented and versatile illustrator for the children's
magazine Cricket. Later she provided art for tales by such noted writers as Hans Christian Andersen, Mark Twain, and John Updike.
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