page_title: Wanda Gág
section_title: Art school
hierarchical_section_title: Wanda Gág / Art school
caption_attribution_description: English: Crooked Man from Mechanics of written English&#160;: a drill in the use of caps and points through the rimes of Mother Goose (A child's book of folk-lore.) by Jean Sherwood Rankin&#160;; illus. by Wanda Gäg.
context_page_description: Wanda Hazel Gág was an American artist, author, translator, and illustrator. She is best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats, the oldest American picture book still in print. Gág was also a noted print-maker, receiving international recognition and awards. Growing Pains, excerpts from the diaries of her teen and young adult years, received widespread critical acclaim. Some of her books have been awarded Newbery Honors and Caldecott Honors.
context_section_description: In 1913 Gág began a platonic relationship with University of Minnesota medical student Edgar T. Herrmann who exposed her to new ideas in art, politics and philosophy. With a scholarship (and the aid of friends), she attended The Saint Paul School of Art in 1913 and 1914. From 1914 to 1917 she attended The Minneapolis School of Art under the patronage of Herschel V. Jones. While there, she became friends with Harry Gottlieb and Adolf Dehn.  
  In 1917, while still in school, Gág, spelled as Gäg, completed her first illustrated book commission A Child’s Book of Folk-Lore— Mechanics of Written English by Jean Sherwood Rankin. She would later use the spelling Gág on all her work.
caption: Crooked Man from Mother Goose rhyme in Mechanics of Written English (1917)
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