I've went over Maurice Sendak some. I wanted to make sure I covered a bit more on him. Plus I found a cool virtual tour on him and his work. When you check out the tour (link below) make sure you use your arrow keys to view around the gallery. You can click on each piece to see a close up, then click NEXT and PREVIOUS to view each image.
He is super well known for Little Bear, which was a classic that was later turned into a show.
He also was known for writing and illustrating a book that was banned called In the Night Kitchen. It was banned because the star in the book was naked.
Renowned for his beloved and acclaimed children’s books, Maurice Sendak was also an avid music and opera lover. In the late 1970s, he embarked on a successful second career as a designer of sets and costumes for the stage. Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak’s Designs for Opera and Ballet will be the first museum exhibition dedicated to this aspect of his career. It will include storyboards, preparatory sketches, costume studies, luminous watercolors, and meticulous dioramas from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Janáček's Cunning Little Vixen, Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and an opera based on Sendak’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are.
Although less well known than his book illustrations, Sendak’s drawings for the stage embody his singular hand, fantastical mode of storytelling, keen—sometimes bawdy—sense of humor, and profound love of music and art history.
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