Leonard Everett Fisher (b. June 24, 1924 in New York City) is an American artist who has illustrated about 260 books for young readers since 1955, authoring 90 of these.
Raised in the Sea Gate section of Brooklyn, he began his formal art training with his Brooklyn-born father, Benjamin M. Fisher, a designer of naval vessels, who contributed to the construction of Simon Lake submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and such US Navy fighting ships as the "USS Arizona," USS Honolulu", and the "USS North Carolina." Between 1932-1942, Leonard Everett Fisher continued his training at the Heckscher Foundation (NY), with Moses and Raphael Soyer (NY), with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York, and Serge Chermayeff at Brooklyn College. He is a graduate of Yale University (1949, MFA 1950).
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