The Art of Dr. Seuss
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llustrator by day, surrealist by night, Seuss created a body of work that redefines this American icon as an iconographic American artist.
Joined January 2011
Jed Mattes, Dr. Seuss’s literary agent from 1974 to 1989, said of him: “Ted was never mean—wicked, yes; but never...
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Sixty years ago the first appearance of “The Cat” captured the minds of children across the country. Suddenly,...
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The newest release from The Art of Dr. Seuss, Bring on Your Dragons!, hails from an unusually rare series of...
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We are proud to announce our newest Secret Art release, “That Winter Spring Came Late.” For a full overview of...
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In 1986, Dr. Seuss dedicated “You’re Only Old Once!” to his Dartmouth buddies “With Affection for & Afflictions...
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In August 1963, Dr. Seuss donated “Raising Money for the Arts” to the La Jolla Art Center charity auction. It...
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The Murphy Calendar Company wasn’t the first to approach Dr. Seuss, but they were the only people successful in...
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Dr. Seuss graduated from Dartmouth on June 23, 1925, with a grade point average of 2.454 and a respectable...
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The top building with four belching smokestacks was the Springfield Gasworks in Dr. Seuss’s hometown. In 1971 he...
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This is “Animation over Frozen Frame,” an early Seuss watercolor and tempura painting. Here the brain sends a...
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At the end of 1978, Architectural Digest did a 6-page spread on Dr. Seuss and his home. The reporter wrote, “In...
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Here is Dr. Seuss’s 1964 painting “Self-Portrait as a Young Man Shaving.” Ted, who lived in a New York City...
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(Excerpt from 1980 interview) Even Dr. Seuss’s mother had a whimsical streak. After he was graduated from...
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This pen and ink Dr. Seuss drawing always appeared to me to be a granny knitting herself a tropical island (note...
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Dr. Seuss, a lifelong lover of practical jokes, became bored at a 1986 charity gala at the new Neiman-Marcus in...
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Dr. Seuss may well be the only artist who successfully combined surrealism with insightful life messages aimed at...
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The strange looking vehicle driven by Sylvester McMonkey McBean in “The Sneetches” looks very much like a huge...
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Dr. Seuss dedicated his 1962 “Sleep Book” to his closest neighbors, Marie and Bert Hupp. On December 17, 1960,...
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“I’m smiling at you!” This cheery guy is “Anthony Drexel Goldfarb” (1934), one of Dr. Seuss’s Unorthodox...
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Jed Mattes, Dr. Seuss’s literary agent from 1974 to 1989, said of him: “Ted was never mean—wicked, yes; but never...
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