The Rebellious Curator

Under the White Oak Tree from Silvershod by Adrienne Segur, 1958

Children's book illustrator Adrienne Segur was the daughter of French Writer Nicolas Segur. Her family associated with many famous artists, poets and writers of the time and led a glamourous cosmopolitan life. Adrienne however, preferred to surround herself with unpretentious animals as companions, and her illustrative work of the 60's and 70's depicted a simple forest-dwelling life.