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 Poky Little Puppy (1942)
The adventures of the little puppy who escapes under the fence has proven to be one of the most popular books ever published with over fifteen million copies produced. The first edition is considerably longer than subsequent editions. The version below is somewhat abbreviated.
Read online at archive.org.
Quest (1925)
A young man spends much of his time thinking about philosophical and religious questions. Dust jacket by Tenggren.
The Red Fairy Book (1924)
In this, his second fairy tale collection, Andrew Lang does take a hand in the writing.
Read online at archive.org.
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Et al
The Ring of the Nibelung (1932)
The story of Wagner’s opera cycle based on Norse sagas of Siegfied and Brunhilde.
Richard Wagner
Runaway Home (1942)
This is Book 6 of the Alice and Jerry basic reading program.
The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947)
Twitted by a parrot about his looks, the baby elephant is unhappy until he meets some beautiful creatures just like himself. As with most of the early Little Golden Books, the later editions were much shortened.
Read online at archive.org. This is a later abridged version.
Kathryn Jackson
Seldom and the Golden Cheese (1933)
A good natured satire on fairy tale themes as Seldom is sent out into the world to earn his living. Is gold better than cheese?
The Shy Little Kitten (1946)
A shy, striped kitten explores the farm with a mole and a puppy and goes on a picnic with the other animals.
Sing for America (1944)
Favorite American songs with stories and illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Sing for Christmas: A Round of Christmas Carols and Stories of the Carols (1943)
A collection of traditional Christmas carols with accompanying music and stories about the carols.
Sleepy Time Tales (1964)
An anthology including Tawny Scrawny Lion, Mister Dog and Brave Cowboy Bill.
Kathryn Jackson
Gustaf Tenggren
Garth Williams
Small Fry and the Winged Horse (1927)
Small Fry tells wonder stories to the children of his village.
Snow White and Rose Red: A Favorite Fairy Tale (1955)
Two sisters befriend a bear on a snowy winter’s night. When summer comes they encounter an evil dwarf. When the two meet the fur flies.
Stories from a Magic World (1938)
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
Stories from the Great Metropolitan Operas (1943)
Synopses of twenty-five operas frequently performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City are accompanied by illustrations by Tenggren.
Read online at archive.org.
Stories of the Vikings (1923)
Tales of adventure founded on the Snorra, an Icelandic work from around 1225 A.D.
Read online at archive.org.
The Story of England (1943)
A short illustrated history of England for young readers.
Beatrice Curtis Brown
Sven the Wise and Svea the Kind (1932)
A collection of stories from Lappland.
The Tenggren Mother Goose (1940)
A selection of traditional rhymes and songs.
The Tenggren Tell-It-Again Book (1942)
A collection of all-time favorite tales.
Read online at archive.org.