Roger Duvoisin - part 10

 Roger Duvoisin (1904–1980) was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and in 1927, moved to New York for a job in textile design. When the company folded, he decided to publish a book he’d written and illustrated for his son. A Little Boy Drawing (Charles Scribner’s Sons) was released in 1932, and he followed it with Donkey, Donkey, which firmly established his career in children’s books—and is still in print, now from NYR Children’s Collection.

Roger’s signature style was colourful, bold, and graphic, and he had a strong sense of composition and design. He incorporated both humour and drama into the lines of his art and delivered compassion without being sentimental. Over the years, he wrote and illustrated over forty books, including series that featured Petunia the silly goose and Veronica the conspicuous hippo, folktales such as the Three Sneezes and The Crocodile in the Tree, and concept books such as A for the Ark.

Roger also created pictures for over 140 books by other authors. Among them were the popular Happy Lion books written by his wife, Louise Fatio, and nineteen books by Alvin R. Tresselt, including White Snow, Bright Snow, which was awarded a Caldecott Medal, and Hide and Seek Fog, which was named a Caldecott Honour Book. Four of his titles were New York Times Best Illustrated Books, and in 1976, he received the Kerlan Award for Children’s Literature. His work is on display in the Duvoisin Gallery at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, in New Brunswick, NJ.

For earlier works see parts 1 - 9 also. This is part 10 of an 11 part series on the works of Roger Duvoisin:

1966 Wake Up, Farm! by Alvin Tresselt
published by World's Work

1967 The World in the Candy Egg by Alvin Tresselt
published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

1970 The Happy Lion's Treasure by Louise Fatio
published by McGraw Hill

1966 Nubber Bear by William Lipkind, published by Harcourt, Brace & World:

1967 The Happy Lion's Vacation by Louise Fatio, published by McGraw-Hill:

1968 The Old Bullfrog by Bernice Freschet, published by Charles Scribner's Sons:

1968 The Remarkable Egg by Adelaide Holl, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

1970 The Beaver Pond by Alvin Tresselt, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

1971 Veronica and the Birthday Present by Roger Duvoisin, published by Alfred A. Knopf:

1972 The Crocodile in the Tree by Roger Duvoisin, published by Knopf Books for Young Readers:

1972 The Web in the Grass by Berniece Freschet, published by Charles Scribner's Sons:

1973 Hector Penguin by Louise Fatio: