Lisl weil biography of rory hamilton
Lisl Weil Papers
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Scope and Contents
Most of the books represented in this collection are adapted from fairytales, folktales and myths, or follow the basic format of the fairytale. For instance, Gillie and the Flattering Fox was adapted from an Italian folktale about a vain rooster.
A hungry fox captures the rooster by complimenting his singing. The Riddle Monster is a version of the Sphinx myth. The Boy Who Flew Too Close to the Sun is based on the Greek myth of Daedelus and Icarus. The Golden Spinning Wheel and I Wonder Why," Thought the Owl are also adapted from folktales.
Lisl weil biography of rory mcilroy LibraryThing members improve authors by combining author names and works, separating out homonymous authors into separate identities, and more. Home Groups Talk More Zeitgeist. Author Page. Popular Recent. Monkey Trouble 47 copies.Weil based The Story of the Wise Men and the Child, and The Very First Story Ever Told, on Biblical stories.
The Golden Spinning Wheel, and The Fantastic Toy Shop combine Weil's love of drawing and storytelling with her appreciation of music. The first is based on a musical poem by Antonin Dvorak. The latter is based on a ballet by Rossini-Respighi.
In both books, Weil integrates illustrations, text and musical notation.
Many of the books written and illustrated by Weil have a light or comedic theme. Examples include Ralphi Rhino, Melissa's Friend Fabrizzio, and Shivers and the Case of the Secret Hamburgers.
The latter concerns the efforts of a guard dog to capture some clever food thieves. New Clothes is a history of fashion written for children.
For most of the titles listed above, the collection holds some combination of sketches, preliminary illustrations, and final illustrations, almost all made with watercolors. The number of illustrations for each title ranges from one to eight.
For Gillie and the Flattering Fox, the collection also holds a typescript, a galley, preliminary layouts, and an illustration proof.
Weil also illustrated many books for other authors, and materials from some of these books are represented in this collection. In particular, the collection contains numerous black ink drawings used to illustrate books in the McGurk mystery series by E.W.
Hildick.
Lisl weil biography of rory davis Most of the books represented in this collection are adapted from fairytales, folktales and myths, or follow the basic format of the fairytale. For instance, Gillie and the Flattering Fox was adapted from an Italian folktale about a vain rooster. A hungry fox captures the rooster by complimenting his singing. The Riddle Monster is a version of the Sphinx myth. The first is based on a musical poem by Antonin Dvorak.The Case of the Condemned Cat, The Case of the Snowbound Spy, and Deadline For McGurk are all humorous mysteries involving McGurk and his crime-solving friends. For Deadline For McGurk and The Case of the Snowbound Spy, there are also color separations.
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Noncirculating; Available for research
Conditions Governing Use
The collection is protected by the Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.
Code). Reproductions can be made only if they are to be used for "private study, scholarship, or research." It is the user's responsibility to verify ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials.
Biographical / Historical
Lisl Weil was born in Vienna, Austria where she began to draw at a very young age.
By the time she was sixteen, Weil's drawings were being published regularly in a Viennese newspaper. At the same time, she was attending art school.
She also performed for a time with a dance group. After spending a year in Holland, she moved to New York in She soon met her future husband, Julius Marx, who guided her towards children's literature. From the s through the s, she estimated that she illustrated more than a hundred children's books--over half of them for stories that she wrote herself.
In addition to illustrating books, Weil also performed with several major symphony orchestras.
As the orchestra played, she drew the story which the music was based on a huge easel. She also danced her interpretation of the story as she drew. In and , she had a weekly television show called "Children's Sketch Book."
Lisl Weil passed away on February 5, at the age of
Sources:
Something About the Author, vol.
7, pp.
Lisl weil biography of rory anderson
The collection contains production material for seventy four titles published between and , as well as production material for sixteen titles not verified as published, The Swap Store , plus miscellaneous art. The collection contains typescripts, galley proofs, some correspondence, book jackets, and illustrations done in a variety of media including ink, felt pen, ink and watercolor and some with separations, studies and sketches done in a variety of media, dummies, layouts and proofs. Lisl Weil was born in Vienna, Austria. She attended school there, learning to draw as a child and also gained a love of music that would appear in some of her books. She worked as an illustrator for various European periodicals before coming to the United States in , where during the s she continued to work as an artist and illustrator.
Fourth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators, de Montreville, Doris and Elizabeth Crawford, eds. (New York: H. H. Wilson Company, ), pp.
Obituary in The New York Times , February 8,
Extent
Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Additional Description
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The material in this collection was donated by Lisl Weil between and
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title
- Lisl Weil Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Christopher Peters
- Date
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- This finding aid is the product of a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the de Grummond Childrens Literature Collection Repository
Contact:
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HattiesburgMS
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[Item], Lisl Weil Papers, DG, Box #, Folder #, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.
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[Item], Lisl Weil Papers, DG, Box #, Folder #, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.
Accessed January 19,