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Dahlov Ipcar was born in Windsor, Vermont on November 12, 1917. Her parents were well-known modernist artists William and Marguerite Zorach. She became a painter and children's book illustrator. She had her first solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York at the age of 21 and made murals for the Works Progress Administration. She show more illustrated dozens of children's books including The Little Fisherman written by Margaret Wise Brown. She wrote and illustrated more than 30 children's books of her own including The Cat at Night and My Wonderful Christmas Tree. She died on February 10, 2017 at the age of 99. (Bowker Author Biography) show less