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Wanda Gag

Millions of Cats (ink)
Wanda Gág, illustrator, author
Coward-McCann 1928

Wanda Gág, (her last name rhymes with "bog" not "wag") was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, the first of seven children. Her father was an artist and commercial photographer who encouraged his children to be imaginative. As a child, Gág was such an avid drawer that she was nicknamed "Inky". After her father died, she supported her family with her commercial art. She studied at the Saint Paul School of Art and the Minneapolis School of Art, and in 1917 won a scholarship to the Art Students League of New York. In school, she became a master of popular commercial mediums of the time: ink, lithography, and engraving. Her surreal graphic work has contributed to her book Millions of Cats being one of the oldest American picture books still in print. Gág is widely considered to be a pioneer in the development in the picture book form; prior to Millions of Cats, picture books were printed with the text on one side of the page and the illustrations on the other, while Gág intreg

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Wanda Gág

American artist and children's writer (1893–1946)

Wanda Hazel Gág (GAHG; March 11, 1893 – June 27, 1946) was an American artist, author, translator, and illustrator. She is best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats, the oldest American picture book still in print.^[1] Gág was also a noted print-maker, receiving international recognition and awards.Growing Pains, a book of excerpts from the diaries of her teen and young adult years, received widespread critical acclaim.^[3] Two of her books were awarded Newbery Honors and two received Caldecott Honors. The New York Public Library included Millions of Cats on its 2013 list of 100 Great Children's Books.^[4]

Early years

Wanda Hazel Gág was born March 11, 1893, in the German-speaking community of New Ulm, Minnesota,^[5] to Elisabeth (née Biebl) Gag and the artist and photographer Anton Gag. The eldest of seven siblings, Wanda was 15 when her father died of tuberculosis. His final words to her were: "Was der Papa nicht thun konnt

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Wanda Gág

Wanda Hazel Gag (1893-1946), author and illustrator of Millions of Cats, was the eldest of seven children in a talented family growing up in New Ulm, Minnesota. This community in the Minnesota River Valley, noted for its German heritage, is about 95 miles southwest of the Twin Cities.

Millions of Cats, considered a classic in children’s literature, is one of several children’s books by the famous artist and author. Among them are A B C Bunny, Gone Is Gone, and Tales from Grimm, which she translated from German and illustrated.

A distinguished printmaker, her rural landscapes and homey interior scenes demonstrate a compassion for the ordinary things in life. Her art has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and abroad, bringing her awards and honors. Wanda Gág exhibits continue today.

Her childhood home is located three blocks west of New Ulm’s downtown shopping and business district. The house was purchased November 15, 1988 by the Wanda Gág House Association of New Ulm for preservation and restoration as an interpretive center. It had been pla