There was once a family of seven brothers and sisters. Sadly, their father, an artist frustrated in his ambitions, died when the oldest child, a girl, was only fifteen. His dying wish was that she take up his dream of becoming a successful artist: "What Papa couldn't do," he told her,...

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Main Author:	Hoyle, Karen N. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Twayne Publ. u.a. 1994
Series:	Twayne's United States authors series 645 : Children's literature
Subjects:	Gág, Wanda Gág, Wanda <1893-1946> Gág, Wanda > 1893-1946 Illustrateurs - États-Unis - Biographies Illustrators > United States > Biography USA Biografie
Summary:	There was once a family of seven brothers and sisters. Sadly, their father, an artist frustrated in his ambitions, died when the oldest child, a girl, was only fifteen. His dying wish was that she take up his dream of becoming a successful artist: "What Papa couldn't do," he told her, "Wanda would have to finish." It is hard to say how much her father's request urged Wanda Gag on to become the accomplished graphic artist, illustrator, and author that she did, but it does appropriately cast her life in the mold of the fairy tales she variously created, translated, and illustrated during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s In this meticulously researched assessment of Gag's life in relation to her work for children, Karen Nelson Hoyle traces her transformation from eldest daughter in a poor family from New Ulm, Minnesota, to admired and influential artist and author in the nascent industry of modern children's book publishing in New York City
Physical Description:	XIV, 144 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0805739688