Arnold Spilka
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Arnold Spilka is a children's illustrator
, author and poet
. He was born 13 November 1917, in New York City.
Spilka studied at the Art Students League, studied drawing with Rico Lebrun, and studied sculpture with John Hovannes. He illustrated many books for other authors, including Robert Froman, John Lawson (children's author)
, Beman Lord, and Ann McGovern. He is the author of Rumbudgin of Nonsense (1970) which is one of the well known collections of 20th century children's verse. He also wrote and illustrated "A Lion I Can Do Without" (1964).
Among his poems are Don’t Tell Me That I Talk Too Much and Flowers are a silly bunch, which starts by listing aspects of nature (such as trees are bossy, and lakes are shy), but turns out to be a poem about liking the city.
Some of his papers and original drawings have been donated to the University of Minnesota Library, for their children's literature research collections.
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, author and poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. He was born 13 November 1917, in New York City.
Spilka studied at the Art Students League, studied drawing with Rico Lebrun, and studied sculpture with John Hovannes. He illustrated many books for other authors, including Robert Froman, John Lawson (children's author)
John Lawson (children's author)
John S. “Jack” Lawson was the author of several children’s books. He was born in New York City to John and Nancy Sommers Lawson. He graduated from Exeter and Harvard College. After serving in World War II he travelled through the mountains of Virginia, where he settled on a farm...
, Beman Lord, and Ann McGovern. He is the author of Rumbudgin of Nonsense (1970) which is one of the well known collections of 20th century children's verse. He also wrote and illustrated "A Lion I Can Do Without" (1964).
Among his poems are Don’t Tell Me That I Talk Too Much and Flowers are a silly bunch, which starts by listing aspects of nature (such as trees are bossy, and lakes are shy), but turns out to be a poem about liking the city.
Some of his papers and original drawings have been donated to the University of Minnesota Library, for their children's literature research collections.
Links
- http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1877.xml