Peter Spier
| Peter Spier | |
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| Born |
June 6, 1927 Amsterdam, North Holland |
| Died | April 27, 2017 (aged 89) Port Jefferson, New York |
| Occupation | children's writer and illustrator |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Dutch and American |
| Education | Rijksakademie in Amsterdam |
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Peter Spier (June 6, 1927 – April 27, 2017) was a Dutch-born American illustrator and writer who created more than thirty children's books.
Spier was born in Amsterdam, North Holland, and grew up in Broek in Waterland, the son of Jo Spier, a popular artist and illustrator, and Tineke van Raalte. His father Spier was Jewish and, during the Second World War, Peter was one of nine prisoners of Villa Bouchina and was later in Theresienstadt. After the war he studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and joined the Royal Netherlands Navy for four years. The entire Spier family emigrated to the United States in 1950. Spier started his career as a commercial artist for advertising agencies and only later focused on writing and illustrating children's books. He died on April 27, 2107 in Port Jefferson, New York.
Like other children's illustrators such as Beatrix Potter or Christopher Wormell, Peter Spier demonstrates his talent and skills as an artist/illustrator using pen, ink and watercolour on paper. Many of Spier's illustrations are extremely detailed and historically accurate. Close examination will often yield a humorous scene not readily apparent at first glance the finding of which often delights readers of all ages.
Spier reserved all rights and retained the copyrights to his works. In correspondence he noted that many of the original publishing plates used to reproduce his work were not available though the original works were thought to survive.
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