Dr. Seuss, A Plethora of Flowers

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Dr. Seuss A Plethora of Flowers 1990-1999 31.5 x 43.5 in 585/850 edition Adapted posthumously from the gouache on board created for the 1959 book, Happy Birthday To You! Dr. Seuss created three extraordinary books that stand out artistically from his famous color filled pen-and-ink line drawings. The Seven Lady Godivas (1939), McElligot’s Pool (1947), and Happy Birthday To You! (1959) all are comprised of elaborate artworks reminiscent of the “Midnight Paintings” he did privately for his own pleasure. In Happy Birthday To You! perhaps the most elaborate painting appears when the text transports the reader into the “Birthday Flower Jungle,” where they come face-to-face with A Plethora of Flowers. Dr. Suess biography below Theodor Seuss Geisel March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991 was an American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death. Geisel adopted his "Dr. Seuss" pen name during his university studies at Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications. He also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM. He published his first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the United States Army where he produced several short films, including Design for Death, which later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. After the war, Geisel focused on children's books, writing classics such as If I Ran the Zoo (1950), Horton Hears a Who! (1955), If I Ran the Circus (1956), The Cat in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), and Green Eggs and Ham (1960). He published over 60 books during his career, which have spawned numerous adaptations, including 11 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical, and four television series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Geisel's birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association. Dr Seuss Fine Art Dr Seuss Conceptual Art Dr Seuss Contemporary Art Dr Seuss Modern Art Dr Suess Surrealism Dr Suess Pop Art Animals Old School Surrealism Contemporary

Creator:
Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) (1904 - 1991, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 43.5 in (110.49 cm)
Medium:
Canvas
Period:
1990-1999
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU57831966303