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Lisl Weil

Lisl Weil was born in Vienna, Austria. She attended school there, and acquired a love of drawing and of music. At age sixteen she was attending art school her drawings were being published regularly in a Viennese newspaper, and she was performing with a dance group. In 1938 she spent a year in Holland, and then in 1939 she moved to New York City and worked as an artist and illustrator. In 1946, she illustrated her first children's book, Doll House by Marion Moss. Throughout her long career, Lisl Weil illustrated more than a hundred children's books, many of them her own stories.

Weil also performed with symphony orchestras by dancing and drawing on a huge easel as the orchestra played music. She also had a weekly television show called "Children's Sketch Book" from 1963-1964.

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Austrian illustrator, active from 1946 in American children's books

Born 1910
Died 6 February 2006

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    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1946 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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Austrian illustrator, active from 1946 in American children's books

Born 1910
Died 6 February 2006

Subjects

Juvenile literature, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, City and town life, History, Biography, Picture books for children, Bible stories, Dogs, Folklore, Monsters, Alphabet, Bears, Childhood and youth, Children's stories, Clothing and dress, Collections, English Bible stories, Fairy tales, Fishing, Greek Mythology, Literature, Riddles, Accessible book

Places

Venice (Italy), America, Austria, Czech Republic, England, France, Spain, Thailand, United States, Vienna (Austria)

People

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), Christopher Columbus, Esther Queen of Persia, Jesus Christ, Lisl Weil, Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936), Paul Dukas (1865-1935), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Time

20th century

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
December 15, 2008 Edited by Sarah Breau Edited author, added personal (married) name, added location, added birth year, added death date, added bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import