- Fritz Kredel
Fritz Kredel (
February 8 ,1900 -June 12 ,1973 ) was a Germangraphic designer who was born inMichelstadt , but later emigrated to America. In his early years, he studied underRudolf Koch at Offenbach School of Design, and developed skills inwoodcuts . After Koch died in 1934, Kredel moved toFrankfurt , but in 1936 he fled Germany (for political reasons relating to his Jewish ancestry) with help fromMelbert Cary .After emigrating to the
United States , he taught atCooper Union in New York.He produced illustrations for over 400 books. Many of his originals are now housed at the library at
Yale University .Illustrations
A sample of some of the things he illustrated includes:
*He illustrated
Eleanor Roosevelt 's children's book, "Christmas".
*He was commissioned to create awoodcut of the Presidential Seal for the inauguration ofJohn F. Kennedy .
*He illustrated several volumes for George Macy's limited edition club.
*He illustrated the "World's Best Fairy Tales", produced by the Reader's Digest in the late 1960's.
*He colored theJohn Tenniel illustrations forLewis Carroll 'sAlice's Adventures in Wonderland andThrough the Looking Glass for the 1946Random House editions of those works.
*He profusely illustrated the six volume set, "The Complete Andersen: All of the Stories of Hans Christian Andersen in Six Volumes" which was a limited edition of 1500 sets. He signed the sixth volume of each numbered set. The illustrations purportedly were hand-colored by stencil.
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