- John Schoenherr
John Schoenherr is an American
illustrator who was born inNew York City ,July 5 ,1935 . He is a graduate ofStuyvesant High School . [cite web |url=http://www.embracingthechild.org/aschoenherr.html |title=BIOGRAPHY- JOHN SCHOENHERR |accessdate=2007-11-02] He studied art at TheArt Students League of New York withWill Barnet and atPratt Institute .Much of the considerable and well-deserved attention he has received is based on his work as a science fiction illustrator. He is also very well known as a wildlife artist, children's book illustrator and
scratchboard artist. Most of his illustration work uses this technique, and he was long known as the only commercial artist who specialized in it.Among the books he has illustrated are "The Wolfling" and "Rascal" by
Sterling North , the latter of which received aNewbery Honor and "The Illustrated Dune" byFrank Herbert .This last grew out of his work for
Analog magazine , especially underJohn W. Campbell, Jr. andBen Bova . He illustrated the original magazine serializations of "Dune" for them, as well as the covers forAnne McCaffrey 's "Weyr Search" and "Dragonrider," which were later revised into the novelDragonflight .He won a
Caldecott Medal for "Owl Moon " byJane Yolen in 1988.His knowledge of zoology was very useful in creating alien creatures, and he also worked for paperback and hardcover SF publishers like
Ace Books and Doubleday.He is an emeritus member of the American Society of Mammologists.
Schoenherr has been a resident of
Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey . [Adelson, Fred B. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E1D9153BF93AA35752C0A9669C8B63 "ART; Children's Page Turners to Linger Over"] , "The New York Times ",January 9 ,2000 . AccessedDecember 9 ,2007 . "Both Richard Egielski of Milford and John Schoenherr of Delaware Township (near Stockton) are represented by illustrations from books aimed at ages 4 to 8, the youngest group."]References
External links
* [http://www.embracingthechild.org/aschoenherr.html A curriculum vitae]
* [http://www.spanierman.com/schoenherrbio.htm His Gallery's biography]
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