Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was an Austrian-born American writer and illustrator of books for children and adults.
He is perhaps most well-known as the author of the beloved Madeline books..
In 1926, he quit working in hotels to become a full-time cartoonist and made frequent contributions to the New Yorker, Vogue and Town and Country .
He travelled to American in 1914, at the age of sixteen, and worked for three years in the dining halls of what he called, in his autobiographical works, the Hotel Splendide .
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was an Austrian-born American writer and illustrator of books for children and adults