Leo Lionni, Illustration for An Extraordinary Egg (Alfred A. Knopf). The Leo Lionni Collection, Gift of the Lionni Family, Courtesy of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA. © 1994 Leo Lionni.
Picture This! The Art of Children's Books
September 21, 2019 – January 12, 2020
Picture This: The Art of Children’s Books is an exciting celebration of children’s book illustration guest-curated by author/illustrators Tim Miller and Isabel Roxas. A highlight of the exhibition is a number of important works loaned by the esteemed Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, including works by Maurice Sendak, Eric Carle and other masters of the genre. Participating artists include Sophie Blackall, Eric Carle, Catia Chien, Victoria Cossack, Mike Curato, C.G. Esperanza, Brian Floca, Gilbert Ford, Stephanie Graegin, Jen Hill, Ezra Jack Keats, Aram Kim, Colleen Kong-Savage, Leo Lionni, Tim Miller, Oge Mora, Il Sung Na, John Parra, Isabel Roxas, Cecilia Ruiz, Maurice Sendak, Mika Song, William Steig, David Ezra Stein, Shadra Strickland, Rowboat Watkins and Paul O. Zelinsky.
John Parra, Frida Loves to Draw from Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
Colleen Kong Savage, Sunsin Arrives at the Palace from The Turtle Ship
Jen Hill, TumTum Comes Home from Percy and TumTum: a Tale of Two Dogs
Isabel Roxas, Lift Off!, Shaking Things Up
Cecilia Ruiz, A Gift From Abuela
Aram Kim, Waiting from Cat on the Bus
Rowboat Watkins, Untitled from Most Marshmallows
Mika Song, Sweepin’ the Floor from Tea with Oliver
