Eighty years have passed since Dr. Seuss produced what he called his “Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy,” an amazing menagerie of Seussian animals often constructed from real animal beaks, antlers, horns, lions teeth, rabbit ears, and turtle shells. In a long forgotten 1938 article featuring his extraordinary taxidermy sculptures, Look magazine dubbed Dr. Seuss “The World’s Most Eminent Authority …
LAUGHTER, JUST WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST BY GAD, OLD MAN, YOU GOT HIM appeared as a 4-page spread in the August 1931 issue of College Humor Magazine. Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) had always commented about the power humor had to cut through in difficult moments and, during the Great Depression, Dr. Seuss’s humor was …
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Dr. Seuss Final Taxidermy Release Powerless Puffer It has been a wonderful 19 years from the release of the first Dr. Seuss Unorthodox Taxidermy work, Blue-Green Abelard. Sadly we are now at the release of the final Taxidermy work, the Powerless Puffer. The 17th Unorthodox Taxidermy work released, and the last of the Marine Muggs,Powerless Puffer is a work …
There’s a wonderful article from the Wall Street Journal about Dr. Seuss and a new book release at the following link – http://online.wsj.com/articles/inside-dr-seuss-inc-1409279452 for the online article or https://gallery.mailchimp.com/96dde526cc78b3b7ace623056/files/Wall_Street_Journal_Seuss_Inc_01.pdffor the PDF version.
Dr. Seuss Retrospective Comes to Minneapolis Media Contact: Allison Zucker-Perelman Relevant Communications, LLC allison@relevantcommunications.net 561.715.9525 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE WITH BILL DREYER, DR. SEUSS COLLECTION CURATOR B-ROLL AND HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST THE ART OF DR. SEUSS: A RETROSPECTIVE AND INTERNATIONAL TOURING EXHIBITION COMES TO MINNEAPOLIS Exhibition Surveys Theodor Geisel’s Artistic Legacy, …
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Happy 110th Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Theodore Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 and would now be 110 years old. We would like to join with the many celebrating his life and talent on his 110th birthday. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss. Jean, Steve Lorie 612-338-4333 800-336-9924 Also FYI here is the last release from …
We are pleased to announce the release of Hop Pop Top. The early rough drawing from Hop on Pop is being released as a special Father’s Day work commemorating Dr. Seuss’ relationship with this father. Of Dr. Seuss’s 44 children’s books, he dedicated only 25 of them, typically to those impacting his life at …
Dr. Seuss’s grown-up humor often catches us off-guard, as we forget (or were unaware) that he was editor-in-chief of his college humor magazine and had a significant career as an advertising man, editorial cartoonist, and essayist years before his vocation in children’s literature. Ted’s painting The Facts of Life appeared on the back cover of …
Dr. Seuss wore many “hats” throughout his career-advertising man and publicist, editorial cartoonist and essayist; WWII Army Major and Seuss Navy Admiral; producer, documentarian, screenwriter, editor, set designer, and filmmaker; surrealist, abstractionist, and expressionist painter; museum curator and exhibition designer; illustrator, sculptor, author, poet, and publisher; Caldecott Honoree, Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize Winner, and …
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This is the moment when TheGrinch changed forever, Dr Seuss’ inspiring moment when The Grinch understands that Christmas “Doesn’t come from a store,” the magical moment when The Grinch discovers the true meaning of Christmas. Here is true insight into Dr Seuss’ creative process. This Sound Sounded Merry is from the original rough drawing used in …