Fritz Kredel Papers 1935-1963

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Fritz Kredel Papers 1935-1963

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The collection contains focuses on Kredel's career as an illustrator, and contains illustrative production materials including ink illustrations and sketches, ink and watercolor studies and sketches, lithographs, woodcuts, page proofs, and a press proof.

8 boxes

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973

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Fritz Kredel was a renowned and versatile illustrator and artist. He found early success in Germany, culminating in a Gold medal for Book Illustration at the 1937 Paris World Exposition. His success continued in the United States, where he illustrated a book written by Eleanor Roosevelt, and later was commissioned to design a woodcut of the Presidential Seal for John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Diverse and prolific, Kredel's illustrations are whimsical, detailed, and individual. From ...