Anthony (Tony) Frederick Sarg (1880-1942)
Tony Sarg was born in Guatemala to German father (he was consul) and English mother. He studied in military academy, became lieutenant, but in 1905 moved to England.
He married an American (Bertha Eleanor McGowan) who have met in Germany (marriage took place in Ohio, USA in 1909) and Tony Sarg finally settled in USA (he became a citizen of USA in 1920), where he after series of different professions finally became a puppeteer.
Puppets were Tony Sarg's long time hobby. He also made animated movies and designed helium balloons in shapes of different characters. Today he is sometimes called a father of American puppetry.
In later years he lost most of his money due rough competition and died after complications following operation of his appendix.
As we can see he was pretty good at illustrating too. The illustration above comes from the old tale Cock, Mouse, Little Red Hen rewritten by Felicite Lefevre.
Tony Sarg was born in Guatemala to German father (he was consul) and English mother. He studied in military academy, became lieutenant, but in 1905 moved to England.
He married an American (Bertha Eleanor McGowan) who have met in Germany (marriage took place in Ohio, USA in 1909) and Tony Sarg finally settled in USA (he became a citizen of USA in 1920), where he after series of different professions finally became a puppeteer.
Puppets were Tony Sarg's long time hobby. He also made animated movies and designed helium balloons in shapes of different characters. Today he is sometimes called a father of American puppetry.
In later years he lost most of his money due rough competition and died after complications following operation of his appendix.
As we can see he was pretty good at illustrating too. The illustration above comes from the old tale Cock, Mouse, Little Red Hen rewritten by Felicite Lefevre.
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