{"id":3696,"date":"2012-05-21T16:48:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T16:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2012-05-21T16:48:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T16:48:48","slug":"maurice-sendak-marc-chagall-and-a-wild-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/maurice-sendak-marc-chagall-and-a-wild-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurice Sendak, Marc Chagall and a Wild Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wild rumpus got a little less so. On Tuesday morning, May 8, children\u2019s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, 83, passed to where the wild things are.<\/p>\n<p>A literary legend for five decades, Sendak was the author,\u00a0 illustrator and collaborator of over 60 books and winner of a long, large list of awards including the 1964 Caldecott Medal (for the 1963 \u201cWhere The Wild Things Are\u201d), the Hans Christian Anderson International Medal in 1970 for his body of children\u2019s books, the American Book Award for \u201cOutside Over There\u201d in 1982, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contributions to children\u2019s literature in 1983, and honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1996 by the President of the United States, Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>His best-known books, \u201cWhere The Wild Things Are\u201d (1963) and \u201cIn The Night Kitchen\u201d (1970) inspired generations of children to read, and dream, and imagine. Met with both acclaim and controversy, Sendak was a pioneer in children\u2019s literature, breaking ground in the way in which children\u2019s tales are told. Combining clever, deceptively simple narrative with striking and sometimes scary illustrations, his works were conceived of and executed as a total experience.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Sendak appeared on the Stephen Colbert show, where he engaged in hilarious and witty repartee with Colbert. Out of that interview at which he pitched Mr. Sendak a book idea as a joke, Colbert released his own children\u2019s book (for adults) entitled, \u201cI Am A Pole (And So Can You!).\u201d\u00a0 Endorsed by Sendak on the spot, Colbert\u2019s book sports the Sendak quote on the cover, \u201cThe sad thing is \u2026 I like it!\u201d In a bittersweet turn, the book was released on May 8 \u2013 the day of Mr. Sendak\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Sendak\u2019s latest book, \u201cBumble-Ardy,\u201d (about an orphaned pig) was released in September (2011) by HarperCollins and was the first in three decades for which he both wrote and illustrated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/bluecircus.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3757\" title=\"Chagall - The Blue Circus\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.overstockart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chagall-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chagall - The Blue Circus\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.overstockart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chagall-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/cdn.overstockart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chagall-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.overstockart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chagall-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/cdn.overstockart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/chagall.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Luminous and fantastical, delightful and disturbing, Sendak\u2019s impact on children\u2019s literature is immeasurable. Often dark and fraught with danger, Sendak illuminated the secret worlds which exist behind a child\u2019s eyes, drawing it out of the shadows to show that, by shining a light on that which scares us the most, whatever it is a little less frightening.<\/p>\n<p>Sendak\u2019s illustrations were an in-between state, caught betwixt waking and dreams \u2013 much like the surreal, dream-like watercolor paintings of Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse, as well as the work of Pablo Picasso. In fact, if one studies Sendak\u2019s illustrations in \u201cWhere The Wild Things Are,\u201d \u201cIn The Night Kitchen,\u201d and \u201cOutside Over There,\u201d shades of Chagall\u2019s works (most especially) can be seen: Flowers and Feathers, The Cow with Parasol, Wedding Candles and Bonjour Paris are some of the most evocative and haunting, feeding Sendak\u2019s style.<\/p>\n<p>In the author\u2019s own words, from \u201cWhere The Wild Things Are\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the wild things cried, &#8220;Oh please don&#8217;t go &#8212; we&#8217;ll eat you up &#8212; we love you so!&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd Max said, &#8220;No!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rest In Peace Mr. Sendak. Your wild imagination lives on in the eternal generations of children for whom you wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wild rumpus got a little less so. On Tuesday morning, May 8, children\u2019s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, 83, passed to where the wild things are. 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