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Gustaf Tenggren

Gustaf Adolf Tenggren (1896 - 1970) was active/lived in California, New York / Sweden.  Gustaf Tenggren is known for Magazine and children's book illustrator.

Gustaf Tenggren was born November 3, 1896 in Vastergotland, Sweden.  His early schooling and artistic influences were solidly grounded in Scandinavian techniques, motifs and myths.  At the age of 20 he succeeded John Bauer as the illustrator for Bland Tomtar och Troll (Among Elves and Trolls), a famous Swedish Christmas annual for children.  He illustrated the fairy tales by Swedish artists in the annual from 1917 through 1926 - the last six years from America.

During this period he also illustrated an Andersen's Fairy Tales for a publisher in Denmark.  In 1920 he immigrated to the U.S., to Cleveland, and then in 1922 to New York.  By 1923 he was hard at work breaking into the American children's book market - the heyday of the grand illustrated books of Rackham and Nielsen (a kindred artistic spirit) having passed before his time.

In 1923 in America, his work appeared in Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5470 characters.]  Artist bio

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