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Portrait of Maira Kalman

Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0

Maira Kalman

Israeli American artist and creator of children's books (

b. c. 1949Living

An illustrator and writer whose whimsical, hand-lettered watercolors have appeared regularly in The New York Times and The New Yorker, including a beloved series of New Yorker covers. She has written and illustrated more than thirty books for adults and children, and her original art has been exhibited in museums worldwide.

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