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Marc Simont
AuthorBooks · Second hand1915-2013
Marc Simont was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, he began drawing at an early age. Simont settled in New York City in 1935 after encouragement from his father, attended the National Academy of Design with Robert McCloskey, and served three years in the military.
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About Marc Simont
Birth
1915
Death
2013
Marc Simont was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, he began drawing at an early age. Simont settled in New York City in 1935 after encouragement from his father, attended the National Academy of Design with Robert McCloskey, and served three years in the military.
Marc Simont was born in Paris and grew up between France, Spain, and the United States.
He considered his father, the painter Joseph Simont, to be his most influential art teacher.
Despite not finishing high school, he trained at prestigious art academies in Paris.
He is world-renowned for illustrating the popular children's book series Nate the Great.
Throughout his prolific career, he illustrated a total of 26 works dedicated to juvenile literature.
