
Martin Provensen
10 July 1916 – 27 March 1987
26 works on record
Biography
Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen were an American author-illustrator team who created children's books.
There was a remarkable similarity to the couple's early histories. Both were born in Chicago, Illinois, and both moved to California when they were twelve. Both received scholarships to the Art Institute of Chicago, and both attended the University of California, though at separate campuses. After college, Alice went to work with Walter Lantz Studio, the creators of Woody Woodpecker, and Martin took work with the rival Walt Disney Studio, where he collaborated on Dumbo, Fantasia, and Pinocchio.
The pair met in 1943 when Martin, working as a creator of training films for the American military, was assigned to the Walter Lantz Studio. They were married in 1944 and resettled in Washington, D.C., where they worked on war-related projects. Following the end of the war, they moved to New York City, where a friend assisted them in finding their first job, illustrating The Fireside Book of Folk Songs. In 1952, Tony the Tiger, designed by Martin, debuted as a Kellogg's mascot. Following that, they illustrated several Little Golden Books such as The Color Kittens, and in 1982, they received the Caldecott Honor Medal for their illustration of A Visit to William Blake's Inn, by Nancy Willard. They were further recognized just two years later, when they received the Caldecott Medal for A Glorious Flight, the story of aviator Louis Blériot, the first man to fly solo across the English Channel. The Provensens have been on the New York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times. In all, the couple wrote and illustrated more than 50 books.
Works

A Child's Garden of Verses
1999

Katie the kitten
1949

The fireside cook book
1949

Old Mother Goose and other nursery rhymes
The first Noel
The first Noel

The Fuzzy Duckling

Mr Noah And His Family

For Our Children
The giant golden Mother Goose
The giant golden Mother Goose
The Provensen book of fun and nonsense
The Provensen book of fun and nonsense

The Golden Mother Goose
Fuzzy Duckling
Fuzzy Duckling
Robert Louis Stevenson's a Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson's a Child's Garden of Verses

Art of Alice and Martin Provensen

Truth about Max
Little Golden Book Kitten Tales
Little Golden Book Kitten Tales

Een jaar op het land

Picturing the World

Leonardo da Vinci

The Year at Maple Hill Farm

The glorious flight

A Peaceable Kingdom

The Provensen book of fairy tales

Town & country

The Mother Goose Book

A Visit to William Blake's Inn