DNR - Artists and Illustrators

Name	Genre	Birthplace	Date
Boorsma, Jay	Painter, modernist	Grand Rapids	1893-1955
Frieseke, Frederick Carl	Painter, impressionist; lived and painted in France	Owosso	1874-1939
Frostic, Gwen	Block print artist, created unique Michigan-themed stationery at her company Presscraft Papers	Sandusky	1906-2001
Ives, Percy (Percival)	Portrait and genre artist	Detroit	1864-1928
Ives, Sarah Noble	Illustrator, writer	Gross Ile	1864-1944
Jungwirth, Leonard D.	Sculptor, carver; taught at Michigan State University, 1940-63; sculpted Spartan statue on MSU's campus	Detroit	1903-1963
Paulus, Francis Petrus	Artist and etcher	Detroit	1862-1933
Small, David	Illustrator; won 2001 Caldecott Medal for Most Distinguished Picture Book	Detroit	1945
Stratton, Mary Chase Perry	Potter; cofounder of Pewabic Pottery with Horace J. Caulkins	Hancock	1867-1961
Chris Van Allsburg	Children's books; many awards including the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji (1982) and The Polar Express (1986)	Grand Rapids	1949

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