DATE: Mar 14, 2015 - Jun 07, 2015
LOCATION: Amherst, MA
LOCATION: Amherst, MA
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will present ‘Tall Tales and Short Tales: The Art of Uri Shulevitz,’ a retrospective of the Caldecott award-winning artist’s work. In celebration of Shulevitz’s 80th birthday, the exhibit will feature approximately 90 works, including original images from his 1969 book Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, for which he won the Caldecott Medal.
Shulevitz was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1935. He was only four years old when WWII drove his Jewish family into an eight-year exile, traveling through Europe before arriving in Paris in 1947. Even throughout the trials of wartime, Shulevitz continued to explore his artistic passion. His family later settled in Israel, where – at just fifteen years old – Shulevitz had his art displayed at the Tel Aviv Museum. He then moved to New York City, where he studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and began work as an illustrator. He is known for his versatility in a wide range of media.
Shulevitz was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1935. He was only four years old when WWII drove his Jewish family into an eight-year exile, traveling through Europe before arriving in Paris in 1947. Even throughout the trials of wartime, Shulevitz continued to explore his artistic passion. His family later settled in Israel, where – at just fifteen years old – Shulevitz had his art displayed at the Tel Aviv Museum. He then moved to New York City, where he studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and began work as an illustrator. He is known for his versatility in a wide range of media.
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