Roger Duvoisin - part 8

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 - 7 also. This is part 8 of an 11 part series on the works of Roger Duvoisin:

1961 The Nine Lives of Homer C. Cat by Mary Calhoun
published by William Morrow

1961 The Wishing Well in the Woods by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich
published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

1962 Lisette by Adelaide Holl
published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York

1962 The Hungry Leprechaun by Mary Calhoun
published by William Morrow

1961 The Happy Lion's Quest by Louise Fatio, published by McGraw-Hill:

1962 A Duck Called Angelique by Roger Duvoisin, published by The Bodley Head:

1962 Our Veronica goes to Petunia's Farm / Veronica on Petunia's Farm by Roger Duvoisin, published by Alfred A. Knopf:

1962 Veronica by Roger Duvoisin, published by Alfred A. Knopf:

1963 Lonely Veronica by Roger Duvoisin, published by Knopf, New York:

Dust Jacket

Hard Cover

1963 Red Bantam by Louise Fatio, published by Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill:

Dust Jacket

Hard Cover

"Red Bantam" The Remarkable Egg
original artwork