Roger Duvoisin - part 4

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 - 3 also. This is part 4 of an 11 part series on the works of Roger Duvoisin:

1951 The New Yorker
August 18

1952 The New Yorker
May 31

1953 The New Yorker
June 13

1951 Autumn Harvest by Alvin Tresselt, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

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Hard Cover

End Paper

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1951 Petunia and the Song by Roger Duvoisin:

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Hard Cover

1951 The Camel Who Took a Walk by Jack Tworkov, published by Aladdin Books:

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Hard Cover

1952 A for the Ark by Roger Duvoisin, published Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

Front Cover

Cover Artwork
gouache and black ink on paper 28.6 x 46.7 cm (sheet)
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

D and E Artwork
gouache, graphite, printed texts on paper 30.5 x 45.7 cm (sheet)
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Artwork
 tempera, ink, graphite, and collage on paper
Collection of the Jane Voorhees
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

1952 Petunia 's Christmas by Roger Duvoisin:

Front Cover

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1953 Petunia takes a Trip by Roger Duvoisin, published by Knopf Books for Young Readers:

1954 Easter Treat by Roger Duvoisin, published by Alfred A. Knopf: