Tenggren, Gustaf
Tenggren, Gustaf (1896–1970),Swedish artist, who emigrated to America in 1922 and had a distinguished career as illustrator and animator. Before he left Sweden, however, he had already established a name for himself with his work for Bland Tomtar och Troll (Among Elves and Trolls), a Christmas annual for children, and he did drawings for a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. In America his work found quick recognition, and he provided the illustrations for a number of fairy‐tale projects such as D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales (1923), ‘1925 Fairy Tale Calendar’ (Beck Engraving Co.), and Sven the Wise and Svea the Kind (1932), as well as some elegant drawings for Grimms Märchenschatz (1923) in Germany. Tenggren's illustrations, influenced by Arthur Rackham and Kay Nielsen were colourful,...
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