Floethe, Louise Lee

Louise Floethe was born March 13, 1913 in New York, New York, and married Richard Floethe in 1937. Many of the books she wrote were based on experiences of her childhood and early married life. She and Richard traveled extensively, and those travels also became the subject matter for books that she wrote and he illustrated. Their son was involved in educational children's films, and she became a part of those projects, as well. She did the stories and assisted in filming and cutting. Richard was born September 2, 1901 in Essen, Germany. He studied at art academies in Dortmund, Munich, and at the Bauhaus in Weimar. Mr. Floethe was a painter, print maker, and book illustrator.

Louise Floethe (1913-1988) was an American author of children's books. Many of her books were based on her childhood, early married life, and later travels. She married Richard Floethe (1901-1998), a German artist, who illustrated many of her books.

Louise Lee Floethe was born in 1913 in New York City; Richard Floethe was born in 1901 in Essex, Germany. They married in 1937 and have two sons.

Louise Lee was born March 13, 1913 in New York, NY, and married Richard Floethe in 1937. Many of the books she wrote were based on experiences of her childhood and early married life. She and her husband travelled extensively, and those travels also became the subject matter for books that she wrote and he illustrated. Their son was involved in educational children's films, and she became a part of those projects, as well. She did the stories and assisted in filming and cutting. She died in 1988, ten years before her husband. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, Volume 4, p. 87-88

Richard Floethe was born in Essen, Germany on September 2, 1901. He studied art at various schools in Germany, including the Munich State School, the Dortmund Art School, and the Bauhaus in Weimar. After completing a mural for the International Exposition in Cologne, Germany he immigrated to the United States in 1928. Once in America he worked as an industrial designer and book illustrator. Louise Lee was born on March 13, 1913 in New York City. She studied drama at Columbia University and the Neighborhood Playhouse Studios. Louise and Richard married in 1937, at which time she was already an accomplished children's author. After their marriage they began to collaborate on children's books, publishing their first book together, If I Were a Captain, in 1956. If I Were a Captain was chosen as a Junior Literary Guild Selection. Richard designed or illustrated over a hundred books, including twenty-three written by Louise. Richard won the limited Editions Club International Contest for best illustrated books for Tyl Ulenspiegl (1935) and for Pinocchio (1938). Louise Floethe died on August 6 and Richard Floethe on September 30, 1988, in Sarasota, Florida.

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Louise Lee Floethe (1913-1988) is the author of numerous children's books, including Sea of Grass (1968), The Islands of Hawaii (1964), and A Thousand and One Buddhas (1956). In 1937, she married Richard Floethe (1901-1988), a German painter, print maker, and illustrator with whom she traveled extensively. Richard studied art in Munich and at the Bauhaus in Weimar. He illustrated many of the children's books written by Louise and, from 1954-1967, he worked as an instructor in illustration at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida.