Recycled Wild Rumpus Music Area
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Author: Maurice Sendak
Born the youngest of three children in Brooklynn, New York, on June 10, 1928 to Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Maurice Sendak was often ill and frail throughout his childhood. The only solace that he had was in the visions of neighborhood children playing outside of his bedroom window. He later commented that those visions through the window were his entertainment, comparing them to a television set. He was often ill with vaccine-preventable diseases in a time before vaccines and would spend time with his grandmother who would read to him. Young Maurice also began to draw and write in this time. When he was 12 years old he saw the Disney film Fantasia which he credits with being one of the biggest influences in his artistic career.
Later, Sendak would study art and continue to draw, illustrating several small publications throughout the years. In 1948 he became a window designer for the world famous toy store F.A.O Schwartz in New York City while taking night time art classes at the New York Art Students League. From there he found work illustrating children’s books and eventually left his position at F.A.O Schwartz to become a full-time freelance illustrator.
Later, Sendak would study art and continue to draw, illustrating several small publications throughout the years. In 1948 he became a window designer for the world famous toy store F.A.O Schwartz in New York City while taking night time art classes at the New York Art Students League. From there he found work illustrating children’s books and eventually left his position at F.A.O Schwartz to become a full-time freelance illustrator.
“There's so much more to a book than just the reading.”
-Maurice Sendak
-Maurice Sendak