Lisbeth Zwerger

I know that I feature quite a few “unconventional” children’s book illustrators on this blog, and believe me, that is intentional. But that doesn’t mean that the original fa…

最近買ったポストカードでお気に入りはコレ♪LisbethZwergerさん、ご存知の方も沢山おられるかと思いますが。前の記事の絵もそうです★☆線がすごく繊細で、絵も変わってるけどなんかキャラクター達が愛らしくてスキです。あいにくこの人の絵本は読んだことないんだけど。この絵はどの絵本にでてくるんだろぅ～気になる！！LisbethZwerger

Lisbeth Zwerger's drawings are so structurally stunning, add this to her surreal imagination and you have a true genius of illustration, which is why she is one of the most honored illustrators alive today. These works are from The Wizard of OZ by L.Frank Baum published in 1996 by North South Books. It constantly frustrates me that books like this go out of print and then are virtually impossible to get. You would think in this day and age it would be easier to print to demand or something…

An enchanting and original vision for L. Frank Baum’s classic ode to wonderment and joy.

lisbeth zwerger’s Swan Lake {2002} is beautifully strange. delicate watercolors shift between impermanence and reality. from odette’s* swan headed glove to the impenetrable mists, we fl…

The Gift Of The Magi // illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger

Lisbeth Zwerger is one of my favorite children's book illustrators, with her olden days-meets modern quirk style.

Based in New York at the turn of the twentieth century, The Gift of the Magi is an urban melodrama sprinkled with some of the magic of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. We meet Della, a young w…

Continuing with my latest posts on fairy tales, I'll highlight the illustrations of Lisbeth Zwerger. She is an artist who renders many of the Grimm Brothers, Charles Perault, Hans Christian Andersen, Oscar Wilde and other classic tales with beautifully done artwork. I like that her pictures enhance the stories, and that the stories are still very true to the originals. Her work was showcased several years ago at the Eric Carle Museum, and in an interview with her there she said the following…