![]() ![]() It depicts Sendak as a “wild thing,” peeking over the shoulder of a sketching Caldecott and trying to mimic his technique. Among the approximately 120 works in the show is Sendak’s original 1985 cover design for the Horn Book Magazine. “Maurice studied the picture books of Caldecott, who had this potent way of creating movement, motion, and character in pictures,” Schiller says. Schwarz, credited 19th-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott as a primary influence on his art, along with Walt Disney films and poet William Blake. The Brooklyn-born Sendak, who bypassed college for a job as a window dresser at F.A.O. “Maurice appreciated not only the mechanisms that were created but also the quality of the art.” “In those days, children’s books had been neglected in America, even though they were widely collected overseas,” says Schiller, who remained close with Sendak until his death last year at the age of 83. ![]() David, met Sendak in 1967, and the two quickly bonded over their shared interest in children’s books, particularly the pop-up innovations of German illustrator Lothar Meggendorfer. Schiller, who cocurated the show with Dennis M.V. ![]()
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