Lisl weil biography of michael

Lisl Weil was a book illustrator/author who pro-duced over children's books since the ′s.!

Lisl Weil is a published author and an illustrator of children's books.

She was a trained dancer from Austria who migrated to the U.S.A.

Lisl Weil was a book illustrator/author who pro-duced over children's books since the ′s.

Lisl Weil () was an artist, writer, dancer and television presenter who grew up in Vienna, and immigrated to America in

Weil takes readers through the beginnings of the circus in Roman times, where men were placed in arenas with wild animals to perform cruel contests of strength.

Lisl Weil Papers

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The collection contains production material for seventy four titles published between and , as well as production material for sixteen titles not verified as published, The Swap Store, plus miscellaneous art.

The collection contains typescripts, galley proofs, some correspondence, book jackets, and illustrations done in a variety of media including ink, felt pen, ink and watercolor and some with separations, studies and sketches done in a variety of media, dummies, layouts and proofs.

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Lisl Weil was born in Vienna, Austria.

She attended school there, learning to draw as a child and also gained a love of music that would appear in some of her books. She worked as an illustrator for various European periodicals before coming to the United States in , where during the s she continued to work as an artist and illustra