- Jo Spier
Jo Spier (26 June 1900- 21 May 1978) was a popular Dutch
artist andillustrator . He was born Joseph Eduard Adolf Spier inZutphen ,The Netherlands . Jo Spier was married toAlbertine Sophie van Raalte and they had three children,Peter Spier ,Thomas Spier, DDS andCeline Spier .From 1924 to 1939, Jo Spier worked for the newspaper "
De Telegraaf " where he created humorous illustrations and cartoons about everyday life. DuringWorld War II his subject matter became more political and he was arrested for his satirical depiction of Hitler. He was first sent to the camp atWesterbork , then toVilla Bouchina with his wife and three children. On 21 April 1943 he was transferred to theTheresienstadt concentration camp , where he was held with his family until the end of the war.Jo Spier moved to the
United States in 1951 with his family and continued to work until the end of his life. He died in Santa Fe, New Mexico.His son,
Peter Spier , is also a noted illustrator of children's books.Bibliography
*"Dat alles heeft mijn oog gezien. Herinneringen aan het concentratiekamp Theresienstadt 1942-1945", Elsevier, 1978.
* [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/mars10.html The Marshall Plan and You] , The Hague, the Netherlands: Ministry of Economic Affairs, 1949.Books illustrated by Jo Spier
*"The Creation", text from Genesis, hand-lettered by Joseph P Ascherl, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970.
*"The Squirrel and the Harp", by David DeJong, New York: Macmillan, 1966.
*"The Spice Cookbook", by Avanelle Day and Lillie Stuckey, David White Company, 1964
*"Waters of the New World: Houston to Nantucket", byJan de Hartog , New York: Atheneum, 1961.
*"Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York", by Anna Crouse and Russel Crouse, New York: Random House, 1954.
*"The Story of Louis Pasteur", by Alida Sims Malkus, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952.
*"One Sky to Share: The French and American Journals of Raymond Leopold Bruckberger", New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1952.
*"Holland's House: a Nation Building a Home", by Peter Bricklayer, Haarlem, the Netherlands: Joh. Enschede En Zonen, 1939.
*"Mijn Jordanertjes : kinderen, die ik gekend heb", by A van Vlaardingen, Utrecht: Bijleveld, 1931.
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