Roger duvoisin biography
- Roger Antoine Duvoisin (August 28, 1900 – June 30, 1980) was a Swiss-born American writer and illustrator best known for children's picture books.
- Roger Duvoisin – Swiss-born American author and illustrator, 1904-1980.
- Roger Duvoisin was born in Switzerland, August 28th, 1904 into a family with a strong orientation towards the arts.
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Roger Duvoisin
American writer
Roger Antoine Duvoisin | |
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| Born | (1900-08-28)August 28, 1900 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Died | June 30, 1980(1980-06-30) (aged 79) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and illustrator |
| Known for | Children's picture books |
| Spouse | Louise Fatio |
Roger Antoine Duvoisin (August 28, 1900 – June 30, 1980)[1] was a Swiss-born American writer and illustrator best known for children'spicture books. He won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for picture books[2] and in 1968 he was a highly commended runner-up for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustrators.[3]
Life
Duvoisin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1900. He learned to draw early having been encouraged by his father, who was an architect, and his godmother, a well-known painter of enamels.[4] He studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. His first job was designing scenery, making posters, and painting murals. He also became a manager of an old French pottery plant before becomi
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Roger Duvoisin Papers
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Collection
Identifier: DG0289
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, awards, Christmas cards (some with original illustrations), and material for twelve books illustrated by Duvoisin and published between 1949 and 1960. The titles are arranged alphabetically; material within each title is arranged in the probable order in which it was created.
The correspondence includes letters from Duvoisin to the de Grummond Collection, 1966 to 1979, in which he comments on the value of original materials, the color separation process, the fictional character Petunia, French children's literature, and writing for children.
The awards material includes a brochure about the Silver Medallion from the University of Southern Mississippi and a citation of merit from the Society of Illustrators.
The Beaver Pond (1970) written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, is the life story of a pond - its birth, maturity, and transformation. For this title there is an illustration of one double-page spre
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Roger Duvoisin Papers
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Collection
Identifier: CLRC-22
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The collection contains production material for 86 titles published between 1932-1979. It includes both manuscript and illustrative material, with an emphasis on the latter. The collection includes typescripts and proofs, illustrations done in a variety of media, many with separations, studies, sketches, separations, layouts, notes, dummies, proofs, color samples, photostats, and paste-ups. There is also a small amount of correspondence, some miscellaneous art work, art work done for the 'New Yorker' magazine, and an illustration done by children and sent to Duvoisin.
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