Artworks by Ludwig Bemelmans at American Illustrators Gallery on artnet

Ludwig Bemelmans

A Little Sunshine, A Little Rain, 1961

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Oh, Look Who Is Lying There, 1961

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Madeline in London, ca. 1961

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1898: Born: Meran, Tyrol, Austria (now Merano, Italy)
1914: Immigrated to the United States
1915: First commissioned (caricature) portraits
1918: Became a United States citizen
1927: Studied art at the "Thaddeus Studio"
1939: Began “Madeleine” series of children’s book(Simon and Schuster), New York, NY
1940 - 1949: Screenwriter, MGM Hollywood
1947: Painted the mural, Central Park, on the walls of the Carlyle Hotel's Bemelmans Bar in New York, NY
Produced several covers for The New Yorker
1950: The National Arts Club, New York, NY
1953: Murals, La Colombe Bistro, Île de la Cité, Paris, France
1954: Was awarded a Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association
1962: Died: New York, NY

2009: Art Hamptons: The International Fine ArtFair. 1900-present, Southampton, NY
2007: Flights into Fantasy, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
2002: Coming of Ages: Images of Childhood from the Collection, University of Kentucky Art museum, Lexington, KY
1959 - 1960: Ludwig Bemelmans,Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY(solo)
Ludwig Bemelmans, Hammer Galleries, New York, NY(solo)
1957: Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo)

: Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mazza Museum Of International Art From Picture Books, Findlay, OH
Museé National d'Art, Paris, France
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
University Of Kentucky Art Museum,Lexington, KY

1999: Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline in America: And Other Holiday Tales.Arthur A. Levine Books: New York
BEMELMANS: The Life and Art of Madeline's Creator(Illustrated by John Bemelmans Marciano). Viking: New York
1959: Bemelmans' New York: An exhibition of paintings by Ludwig Bemelmans. Museum of the City of New York(catalogue)

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