Roger Duvoisin - part 7

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 - 6 also. This is part 7 of an 11 part series on the works of Roger Duvoisin:

1958 The New Yorker
February 1

1959 The New Yorker
August 1

1960 Day and Night by Roger Duvoisin
published by Alfred A. Knopf

1958 The Frog in the Well by Alvin Tresselt, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

1958 Winkie's World by William Hall, published by Doubleday & Co:

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1959 Houn' Dog by Mary Calhoun, published by William Morrow:

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1959 The Three Happy Lions by Louise Fatio, published by Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill:

1960 Angélique by Janice, published by Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill:

1960 In my Garden by Charlotte Zolotow, published by by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

1960 Timothy Robbins Climbs the Mountain by Alvin Tresselt, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

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1961 The Happy Hunter by Roger Duvoisin: