Background
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and spent most of his childhood in England.
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and spent most of his childhood in England.
Weisgard studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York City.
He is known best for his collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown. His first book, Suki the Siamese Pussy, was published in 1937 and his first collaboration with Brown was two years later, The Noisy Books. They collaborated again on The Important Book, published by Harper & Brothers in 1949.
He died on January 14, 2000, in Denmark.