An Exquisite Vision: The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger

Lisbeth Zwerger is one of the foremost illustrators working today. In 1990, at the age of thirty-six, she received the Hans Christian Anderson medal- the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for children's literature. Her range of subject is remarkable, encompassing the Brothers Grimm, O. Henry, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, and L. Frank Baum to name a few. Her artistic vision is informed by watercolors executed with a deftness and delicacy that neverlethess possess an assurance and substance.