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Biography
[edit | edit source]Becoming an Artist
[edit | edit source]Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York in 1929.
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As a young boy, he loved school and especially enjoyed putting his creativity to work while painting during art class. His parents were German immigrants and right before the start of World War II, his family moved back to Germany; he was just six years old.
He did not enjoy school in Germany as much as he did in the United States, but he loved visiting his German relatives' farms and taking long walks in the summer to study nature and its beautiful creations.
Carle experienced many trials throughout the course of World War II and its aftermath, but he remained intent on his goal to become an artist.
He graduated from high school and eventually studied graphic art at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart, Germany. Although he enjoyed his time at the art academy, he wanted to return to the United States and pursu