In The Middle Of A Different War It Was No Holds Barred
Eleanor Roosevelt once said of Arthur Szyk: "This is a personal war of Szyk against Hitler, and I do not think Szyk will lose this war!."
Hitler even put a price on his head.
Millions of Americans of a certain age read Andersen's Fairy Tales with illustrations by Arthur Szyk, and a companion volume of Grimm's Fairy Tales, with illustrations by another refugee from Nazi-controlled Europe, Fritz Kredel.
The Andersen volume was green; the Grimm volume was red. Those red and green volumes of children's stories, first published in 1945, and identically bound, were a staple in many American households for many years. Szyk and Andersen, Kredel and Grimm -- or rather Andersen and Szyk and Grimm and Kredel, all four together -- were part of many American childhoods. Do you remember?
Posted on 09/07/2010 8:23 PM by Hugh Fitzgerald
Comments
8 Sep 2010
Mary Jackson
Under Andersen's law the consonants lived happily ever after, with no exceptions and definitely no stress.
8 Sep 2010
pst314
Thank you very much for posting that, Mr. Fitzgerald. I had never heard of Arthur Szyk.
In addition to Andersen's Fairy Tales, Amazon lists a number of other works by Szyk, including "The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk" and "Justice Illuminated". They look fascinating.
8 Sep 2010
MarcH
Thank you for this post. I was only familiar with Szyk as the illustrator of a well known and well loved set of illustrations for the Jewish Passover Haggadah.
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