Gergely, Tibor, 1900-1978

Hungarian born, American illustrator of children's book.

From the description of Wheel on the chimney : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489203

Hungarian born, American illustrator of children's books; Caldecott Honor Book, 1955.

From the description of Papers, 1942-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685109

Hungarian born, American illustrator of children's books.

From the description of My little golden book about the sky : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685111

From the description of Daddies : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685110

From the description of The jolly barnyard : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423575

From the description of The merry shipwreck : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423576

From the description of Animal gym : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436124

From the description of The golden book of nursery tales : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489204

Hungarian-born painter and illustrator who came to New York in 1939 & died in 1978,

best known in this country for his work on the popular Golden Book series for children.

From the description of Tibor Gergely papers & drawings, 1935-1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 472459773

Tibor Gergely was born August 3, 1900, in Budapest, Hungary. He briefly attended art school in Vienna and worked as a caricaturist and artist in Europe before coming to the United States in 1939. He began illustrating children's books in 1940. He continued to illustrate children's books, written by a variety of authors, and on different subjects, throughout his long career. In 1942 he began an association with Golden Books, but out by Simon and Schuster, that continued until his death. Gergely illustrated and wrote many books for them, a number of which dealt with his favorite subject, animals. In 1955 he received a Caldecott Honor for Wheel on the Chimney, written by Margaret Wise Brown, the story of a family of storks who nest on a wheel tied to a chimney. Throughout his career, Gergely's work was noted for its simplicity and bright colors, especially evident in his work for Golden Books. Gergely died in New York, New York on January 13 (or 12, sources vary), 1978.

Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 20, 54

From the guide to the Tibor Gergely Papers, 1942-1956, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])