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Kurt Wiese

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Born: April 21 1887

Died: 2626 05 19741974

Kurt Wiese [1] was a German-born book illustrator. Wiese wrote and illustrated 20 children's books and illustrated another 300 for other authors.

From an early age Kurt Wiese dreamed of being a painter but his family opposed it and sent him to learn the export business. For six years he lived and worked in China selling merchandise. During 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. When he was released, he returned to Germany where he was able to sell all of the artwork he had created while he was detained, in spite of having no formal training. He traveled to Brazil for three years and then to the United States where he was hired by Collier's magazine.

Between 1927 and 1931 Wiese wrote and illustrated 7 books and illustrated 26 books for other authors. In 1930 he married Gertrude Hansen, a real estate agent, and they bought a little farmhouse near Frenchtown, New Jersey, where Wiese set up a studio in an old blacksmith shop. He lived and worked there until his death in 1974.

In total, during a career of over half a century, Kurt Wiese illustrated over 400 books. He wrote and illustrated 18 books of his own, two of which were Caldecott Honor books.

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Kurt Wiese

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Books from Kurt Wiese

The Five Chinese Brothers

Daughter of the Mountains

Freddy the Detective

Freddy Goes to Florida

Bambi's Children

Freddy and the Ignormus

The Story About Ping

Freddy the Politician

Freddy Goes Camping

Freddy and the Men from Mars

Freddy and Mr. Camphor

Freddy and the Bean Home News

Freddy the Cowboy

The Story of Freginald

Fish in the Air

You Can Write Chinese

Happy Easter

Spike of Swift River

The City Jungle

The Return of Silver Chief