Name Kurt Wiese | Role Illustrator | |
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Died May 27, 1974, Idell, New Jersey, United States Books The Story about Ping, Young Fu of the Upper Ya, The Chinese ink stick, Happy Easter, You Can Write Chinese Similar People Marjorie Flack, John Newbery, Randolph Caldecott | ||
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Kurt Wiese (April 22, 1887 – May 27, 1974) was a German-born book illustrator. Wiese wrote and illustrated 20 children's books and illustrated another 300 for other authors.
Contents
- Die elefantenjagd 1920 very rare john hagenbeck ozaphan german animation kurt wiese
- The story about Ping read aloud storybook
- Biography
- World War One
- United States
- Awards
- Freddy the Pig
- Other
- References
The story about Ping (read aloud, storybook)
Biography
Wiese was born in Minden, Germany. He aspired to be an artist but was discouraged by his community.
World War One
Wiese lived and traveled in China for six years, 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. After his release at the end of the war, Wiese returned to Germany but the economy was so bad that he moved to Brazil.
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. In 1930 he married Gertrude Hansen, with whom he lived on a farm in Kingwood Township, New Jersey.
Awards
Freddy the Pig
Freddy the Pig was featured in 26 books written by Walter R. Brooks, illustrated by Wiese, and published by Alfred A. Knopf from 1927 to 1958. The first two were titled To and Again and More To and Again – in reference to constituent journeys to and back again from Florida and the North Pole. They were followed by Freddy the Detective (1932), three more various titles, 19 novels with "Freddy" titles (1940–1958) and The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig (1953). From some time all 25 novels have been issued with "Freddy" titles.
Other
New York City publishers except as noted.