Rapunzel, from an edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales, illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

Johnny Gruelle (December 24, 1880 - January 8, 1938) was an artist, political cartoonist, and writer of children's books. " Rapunzel " is a German Fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen is a collection of German origin Fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is best known as the creator of Raggedy Ann. Raggedy Ann is a Fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880&ndash1938 in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children He also provided colour illustrations for a 1914 edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen is a collection of German origin Fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob

He was born John Barton Gruelle in Arcola, Illinois. Arcola is a city in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2652 at the 2000 census The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. His father, Richard Gruelle was a noted artist affiliated with Hoosier Group of Indiana artists. Richard Buckner Gruelle (b February 22 1851, Cynthiana Kentucky - d The Hoosier Group was a group of Indiana Impressionist painters working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries His first well known cartooning work was Mr. Twee Deedle which Gruelle created after he beat out 1,500 other entrants in a cartooning contest sponsored in 1911 by The New York Herald. The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924 Mr. Twee Deedle was in print from 1911 to 1914. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

One day, Johnny gave his daughter Marcella a dusty, faceless rag doll found in the attic. Johnny drew a face on the doll and named her Raggedy Ann. Marcella played with the doll so much, Raggedy Ann became like a sister to her. Gruelle wanted other little girls to have such dolls. Gruelle's Raggedy Ann doll Patent # 47789 was dated September 7, 1915. In 1918, the PF Volland Company published Raggedy Ann Stories. Gruelle then created a following series of popular Raggedy Ann books and dolls.

Gruelle lived in the Silvermine section of Norwalk, Connecticut, where the dolls were first mass produced, and later moved his home and company to neighboring Wilton, Connecticut. Silvermine is a neighborhood extending into three southwestern Connecticut municipalities -- Norwalk, New Canaan and Wilton. Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Wilton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the United States. Gruelle spent a year in Ashland, Oregon from 1923-1924 [1]. Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, near Interstate 5 and the California

External links

• The Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum in Arcola, IL
• Works by Johnny Gruelle at Project Gutenberg
• Raggedy History from publishers Simon & Schuster
• Johnny Gruelle, Inspired Illustrator by Patricia Hall
• Toonopedia entry on Mr Twee Deedle
• A View It Print It Book from Hedgehog Studio, All About The Little Small Red Hen