Kurt Wiese

He spent five years as a prisoner, most of them in Australia, where his fascination with the animal life inspired him to start sketching again.

[2] After his release at the end of the war, Wiese returned briefly to Germany and then moved to Brazil, where he began illustrating.

[2][3] From his farm in Kingwood Township, New Jersey,[3] he worked with German master printmaker Theodore Cuno of Germantown, Pennsylvania, to create some of his lithographs.

[citation needed] In 1930, Wiese married Gertrude Hausen,[1] a realtor,[4] with whom he lived on a farm in Kingwood Township, New Jersey (or Frenchtown).

[1][2] Freddy the Pig was featured in 26 books written by Walter R. Brooks, illustrated by Wiese, and published by Alfred A. Knopf from 1927 to 1958.