Remy Charlip(1929-2012)

Dancer, children's author and illustrator. He headed the Children's Theatre and Literature Department at Sarah Lawrence College from 1967 to 1971 and many of his works have appeared in exhibitions of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

When it came time to choose a high school, my mother came up to see my guidance teacher, who was also my French teacher. I wanted to go to farming school. I had a plot of land in a small park and grew carrots, radishes, corn, lettuce and flowers. The Eiffel Tower on display that I had made out of toothpicks influenced the decision. 'I think Remy should be an artist,' my mother said. 'It's more practical.'