Gustaf Tenggren
(1896 - 1970)
Gustaf Adolf Tenggren (November 3, 1896 - April 9, 1970) was a Swedish-American illustrator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, in what has been called the Golden Age of American animation, when animated feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and Pinocchio were produced.
A website devoted to his work is at http://www.gustaftenggren.com/. A review article is at the Barnboken Journal of Children’s Literature Research.
Bibliography
The Christ Story for Boys and Girls (1923)
The author reads the New Testament in view of his own life as a Palestinian Christian born in 1869. Adapted from his larger work The Syrian Christ. Read online at Hathitrust.
D’Aulnoy’s Fairy Tales (1923)
This is a classic collection of French fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.
Gustaf Tenggren
Den underbare prinsen och andra indiska epos återberättade för ungdom (1916)
A Swedish translation of several Indian epic tales.
Dickey Byrd (1928)
When a gang of rogue elves and fairies try to kidnap his flannel elephant, Dickey Byrd must come to his rescue. A collection of stories about Dickey and his adventures. The color plates are by Tenggren.
Carl Emil Wehde
A Dog of Flanders (1925)
Nello, a Belgian orphan rescues a dog and names it Patrasche. Together they start a milk delivery service.
Drömmar och fantasier (1916)
Dreams and fantasies from Sweden.
En Sagocrans (1918)
This “Garland of Fairy Tales” was published in Sweden.
Fairy Tales (1985)
Seven favorite fairy tales by different authors and artists.
Charles Perrault
Et al
Gustaf Tenggren
Et al
Farm Stories (1946)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren.
Kathryn Jackson
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Kathryn Jackson
Farm Tales (2007)
A collection of nine classic Little Golden Books.
Read online at archive.org.
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Gustaf Tenggren
Garth Williams
Et al
Farmyard Tales (1968)
A collection of stories about farm life.
Kathryn Jackson
The Giant with the Three Golden Hairs (1955)
A poor boy marries the king’s daughter, but must bring back three golden hairs from the king of the cave giants.
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
The Golden Goose (1954)
The goose lays golden eggs, but don’t get greedy!
Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights (2003)
Eleven favorite stories from the thousand nights and a night.
Margaret K. Soifer
The Good Dog Book (1924)
Eleven classic dog stories, including “A Dog of Flanders” and Adrift on an Ice-Pan.
Read online at archive.org.
Ouida
Various
The Good Earth (1931)
A family story of China. Tenggren did only the dust jacket.
Grimms Märchenschatz (1923)
A selection of the tales of the Brothers Grimm with thirty-two color illustrations by Tenggren. The text is in German.
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
The Gustaf Tenggren Fairy Tale Calendar for 1925 (1924)
There are five illustrations total. See all five images at Gustav Tenggren's World.
Heidi (1923)
The orphaned Heidi goes to live in the Swiss mountains with her grandfather. Read online at archive.org.