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Garth Montgomery Williams

Garth Montgomery Williams (1912 - 1996) was active/lived in Colorado.  Garth Williams is known for Children's book illustration, sculpture.

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Born in New York City, Garth Williams was an illustrator of several of the more popular post- World War II children's books:  Stuart Little (1945) and Charlotte's Web (1952) by E.B. White and the Little House on the Prairie (1971) series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  He also illustrated Cricket in Times Square (1960) by George Selden and The Rescuers (1959) by Margery Sharp.  Early in his career, he was a sculptor, whose achievments were officially recognized when he won the British Prix de Rome.

Williams' father was prominent for magazine illustrations for Punch, an English magazine, and when Williams was ten, he moved with his family to England.  He first studied architecture, but turned to sculpture and painting.  To earn a living, he became an educator, serving as headmaster of Luton Art School.

Moving back to the United States, he did illustrations for The New Yorker   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2208 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Garth Montgomery Williams

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10 Book References for Garth Montgomery Williams
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1976 Bader, Barbara American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within 615 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1961 Mahony, Bertha E (others) Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945 527 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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