Margot Austin

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Margot Austin (September 18, 1907 – June 25, 1990) was an American children's book illustrator. She was born in Portland, Oregon and attended the National Academy of Design in New York. She illustrated many children's books and contributed to magazines including . Among her many books was a series about small animals in the church of , beginning with E. P. Dutton's 1941 publication of . Her Book Gabriel Churchkitten was made into an animated film short in 1944.[1] Ms. Austin died in 1990 at the age of 81 in her home in New Fairfield, Connecticut.[2]

List of her works both as author and illustrator:

  • Illustrator
  • Dutton 1957 Author & Illustrator
  • E. P. Dutton 1941
  • Dutton 1955 Author & Illustrator
  • Author & Illustrator
  • Author & Illustrator
  • Dutton 1960 Author & Illustrator
  • The Platt & Munk co. 1940 Illustrator
  • E. P. Dutton 1942 Author & Illustrator
  • Dutton, 1952 Author & Illustrator
  • Gabriel Churchkitten E.P. Dutton and Company 1942 Author & Illustrator
  • E.P. Dutton, 1948 Author & Illustrator
  • Dutton 1951 Author & Illustrator
  • E.P. Dutton & Company 1944 Author & Illustrator
  • Charles Scribner's Sons 1943 Author & Illustrator
  • The Platt & Munk Co 1940 Illustrator
  • Charles Scribner's Sons 1939 Author & Illustrator
  • Platt & Monk Co 1960 Illustrator
  • Charles Scribner's Sons 1940 Author
  • E.P. Dutton 1941 Author & Illustrator
  • Poppet E.P. Dutton 1949 Author & Illustrator
  • Rand Mc Nally Illustrator
  • ' Dutton 1950 Author & Illustrator
  • New York, Platt & Munk 1963 Illustrator
  • Trumpet E.P. Dutton 1943 Author & Illustrator
  • Charles Scribner's Sons 1940 Author
  • Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941 Author
  • Dutton 1954 Author & Illustrator

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150676/ Gabriel Churchkitten
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/26/obituaries/margot-austin-children-s-author-81.html NY Times Obituary
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