Leonard Everett Fisher (1924–2024)
Autor/a de The Great Wall of China
Sobre l'autor
Leonard Everett Fisher is a well-known and prolific author and illustrator of children's books. He has also written for adults and created illustrations for magazines. In addition, Fisher was dean of the Whitney School of Art and a visiting professor at a number of schools. Fisher was born in 1927 mostra'n més in the Bronx, New York, and started to draw as a small child. After graduating from high school, he studied at Brooklyn College and then entered the army where he worked with a mapmaker. He holds a B.F.A. and a M.F.A. from Yale University. The first book that Fisher illustrated was The Exploits of Xenophon, written by Geoffrey Household and published in 1955. Fisher then illustrated and wrote numerous books himself. He is well known for the Colonial Americans series, for the Nineteenth-Century America series for young adults, and for many other nonfiction works. He has written two works for adults-Masterpieces of American Painting (1985) and Remington and Russell (1986). (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Sèrie
Obres de Leonard Everett Fisher
Tracks Across America: The Story of the American Railroad, 1825-1900 : With Photographs, Maps, and Drawings (1992) 32 exemplars
The Life of Saint Paul 2 exemplars
Colonial Craftsmen Group 4: The Papermakers, the Hatters, the Potters, the Tanners (Colonial Craftsmen, 4) (2000) 1 exemplars
Schools: 19th Century America Schools (Nineteenth Century America) by Leonard Everett Fisher (1983-06-03) (1840) 1 exemplars
PAPERMAKERS.|THE 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (1888) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions — 1,429 exemplars
The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East (1994) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions — 127 exemplars
The Spotted Pony: A Collection of Hanukkah Stories (1836) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions — 98 exemplars
All Times, All Peoples: A World History of Slavery (1980) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions — 53 exemplars
Exploring the Great River: Early Voyagers on the Mississippi from De Soto to La Salle (1969) — Il·lustrador — 16 exemplars
The First Book of the Founding of the Republic (1967) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions — 13 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 12, August 1980 — Il·lustrador — 3 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1978 — Il·lustrador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1924-06-24
- Data de defunció
- 2024-03-02
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Bronx, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Bronx, New York, USA
Seaport, Brooklyn, New York, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Westport, Connecticut, USA - Educació
- Heckscher Foundation, Manhattan
Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn
Brooklyn College
Norfolk Art School, Yale University (BFA, MFA)
American Academy in Rome - Professions
- artist
illustrator
children's book author - Organitzacions
- US Army
SRA Reading Laboratories
Holiday House {publisher}
Franklin Watts {publisher}
Westport-Weston Arts Council (founding member)
Westport Public Library board (president) - Premis i honors
- Joseph Pulitzer Painting Fellowship (1950)
Regina Medal (1991)
Kerlan Award (1991)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1995)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 95
- També de
- 47
- Membres
- 4,306
- Popularitat
- #5,828
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 73
- ISBN
- 158
- Llengües
- 1