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In conjunction with the exhibition, The Jewish Museum and Yale University Press co-published The Art of William Steig. The 208-page book features 128 color and 153 black-and-white illustrations, many previously unpublished, and includes a foreword by acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak.
Hailed as the "King of Cartoons", Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. One of his cartoon characters, Poor Pitiful Pearl, was made into a popular line of dolls starting in 1956.
In 1939, Steig released his first collection of “symbolic drawings” inspired by psychoanalysis and modern art, which expanded the boundaries of cartoon art. At the time, the artist's early symbolic drawings were deemed too dark for The New Yorker, which published more lighthearted images.
Hailed as the “King of Cartoons,” William Steig (1907–2003) produced a staggering 2,600 drawings and 123 covers for The New Yorker during his lifetime. His widow, Jeanne Steig, called him a “tragicomic artist.”
Mar 3, 2008 · Some images come from Steig’s own childhood in Brooklyn and the Bronx, his immigrant Jewish parents reappearing as proud papas and seamstress mothers in his tales.
William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist (whose work appeared regularly in The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post and many other magazines), illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based.
Apr 26, 2024 · William Steig (born November 14, 1907, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died October 3, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts) was an author, illustrator, and cartoonist who developed a national reputation in the latter half of the 20th century for his thought-provoking, doodle-style cartoons.
