Garth Williams
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- Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
- Death yearArtsy· 92%✓
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- BiographyArtsy· 85%
- DeceasedArtsy· 85%
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- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Why this artist matters now
Garth Montgomery Williams was an American artist who came to prominence in the American postwar era as an illustrator of children's books. Many of the books he illustrated have become classics of American children's literature.In Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and in the Little House series of books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Williams['s] drawings have become inseparable from how we think of those stories. In that respect ... Williams['s] work belongs in the same class as Sir John Tenniel's drawings for Alice in Wonderland, or Ernest Shepard's illustrations for Winnie the Pooh.
Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 2mo ago
