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Winter, Milo, 1886-1956

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Brushtail grabs a big Plymouth Rock hen by the neck, in an Milo Winter illustration for Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox, by Thomas Clark Hinkle
Brushtail grabs a big Plymouth Rock hen by the neck, in an Milo Winter illustration for Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox, by Thomas Clark Hinkle

Milo Winter (August 7, 1888- 1956) was a book illustrator, who produced works for editions of Aesop's Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, and others.

He was born in Princeton, Illinois and trained at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute. He lived in Chicago until the early 1950's, when he moved to New York City. From 1947 to 1949, he was the art editor of Childcraft books and from 1949, was the art editor in the film strip division of Silver Burdett Company.

References

  • Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art
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Books

The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox

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