Marc Simont, French-American author and illustrator (born 1915)

Marc Simont

Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator (1915-2013)

Marc Simont was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, he began drawing at an early age. Simont settled in New York City in 1935 after encouragement from…