Tony Sarg: Genius at Play: Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture Miller Lenore D.
Tony Sarg: Genius at Play: Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture Miller Lenore D. Tony Sarg (1880-1942), an American artist born in Guatemala to a diplomatic family, first…
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Tony Sarg: Genius at Play: Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture Miller Lenore D.
Tony Sarg (1880-1942), an American artist born in Guatemala to a diplomatic family, first achieved professional success as an illustrator in London and New York. Fusing the time-honored craft of traditional marionette shows with a playful modern sensibility, Sarg's productions were foundational to American puppetry: Jim Henson can be considered a direct artistic descendant. But in the 1920s, he gained even greater renown for his touring puppet shows based on classic tales like Alice in Wonderland and Robinson Crusoe.
(He also employed one of his parade balloons in the famous Nantucket Sea Serpent hoax of 1937.)This Yet this was only one facet of Sarg's varied accomplishments: he was also a pioneer in animated films and children's books, and, as a longtime designer for Macy's, he invented the gigantic balloons used in the firm's Thanksgiving Day Parade.