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Gustaf Adolf Tenggren
(1896- 1970)

Tenggren's subjects ranged from pirate girls to Pinocchio in a career that ranged from lush, romantic art to stylized simplicity for numerous children's books in his last years. The Swedish native was already an accomplished illustrator in Scandinavian countries when he set up shop in New York in 1923. Youth literature illustrations for Heidi, Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales, The Christ Story for Boys and Girls, A Dog of Flanders, Dickey Byrd, Heidi, and Anderson's Fairy Tales; adult market books included The Good Earth and The Ring of the Niblung. After a stint a Disney (conceptualizing for Snow White, Pinocchio, Silly Symphony), Tenggren began illustrating books with his own name as part of the title (e.g. The Tenggren Tell-All Book, Tenggren's Cowboys and Indians, etc.). While Tenggren usually signed his art or initialed it, Snider advertising was anonymous.

1847 Rogers Bros (1928) Tenggren - 001

1847 Rogers Bros (1930) Tenggren - 002

1847 Rogers Bros (1927) Tenggren - 003

1847 Rogers Bros (1926) Tenggren - 004

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1847 Rogers Bros (1926) Tenggren - 006

1847 Rogers Bros (1926) Tenggren - 007

Cosmopolitan, "Emily The Fair" (1931) Tenggren - 008

Life cartoon (1922) Tenggren - 009

Babes in the Wildwood (1940s) Tenggren - 010

Snider's "Grandma's Catsup's The Life Of The Party!" (1944) Tenggren - 011

Snider's "So Chunky! So Spicy!" (1947) Tenggren - 012

Snider's "Legend Of Our Old Fashioned Chili Sauce" (1943) Tenggren - 013

Snider's "Country Style Catsup!" (1943) Tenggren - 014

Elgin, "What Shall I Give To Me...?" (1926) Tenggren - 015

Pictorial Review, "Astrid And The HIll Folk" (1924) Tenggren - 016

Heisey's Glassware (1928) Tenggren - 017

Heisey's Glassware (1928) Tenggren - 018