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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.
Author(s):
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
D’Aulnoy’s Fairy Tales (1923)
This is a classic collection of French fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Browne
Gustaf Tenggren
Den hemmelighedsfulde Ø (1923)
Prisoners of war held by the Union forces escape in a balloon and are blown out over the Pacific Ocean before crashing near a desert island. Interior illustrations by Tenggren.
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Et al
Den underbare prinsen och andra indiska epos återberättade för ungdom (1916)
A Swedish translation of several Indian epic tales.
Author(s):
Erik Jotson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Det rullende Hus (1923)
The steam house is an iron elephant that runs on steam. Includes The Demon of Cawnpore and Tigers and Traitors. Interior illustrations and possibly cover by Tenggren.
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Et al
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.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Woodruff
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf 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.
Author(s):
Maria Louise Ramé
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Drömmar och fantasier (1916)
Dreams and fantasies from Sweden.
Author(s):
Willy Grebst
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
En Sagocrans (1918)
This “Garland of Fairy Tales” was published in Sweden.
Author(s):
Helena Nyblom
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
En Verdensomsejling under Havet (1923)
Captain Nemo, the terror of the seas wreaks havoc among the shipping in the Nautilus. Danish translation, interior black and white illustrations by Tenggren, and likely the cover as well.
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Et al
Fairy Tales (1985)
Seven favorite fairy tales by different authors and artists.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Charles Perrault
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Gustaf Tenggren
Et al
Farm Stories (1946)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Farm Tales (2007)
A collection of nine classic Little Golden Books.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Gustaf Tenggren
Garth Williams
Et al
Farmyard Tales (1968)
A collection of stories about farm life.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Fem Uger i Ballon (1923)
Verne’s first successful adventure novel takes three Englishmen across northern and central Africa in a hydrogen balloon. Interior illustrations by Tenggren.
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Et al
First Reader (1998)
Twelve Little Golden Books are here presented complete at full size. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Gustaf Tenggren
Eloise Wilkin
Garth Williams
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.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Golden Goose (1954)
The goose lays golden eggs, but don’t get greedy!
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights (2003)
Eleven favorite stories from the thousand nights and a night.
Author(s):
Irwin Shapiro
Margaret K. Soifer
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren