Dirk Gringhuis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American artist
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1918
Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 01-Mar-1974
Profession: illustrator
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dirk Gringhuis
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- Gringhuis (September 22, 1918 – March 1974) known as "Dirk" Gringhuis was an American artist and illustrator.
- Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he studied from 1939 to 1941 at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, lived in New York for a year, then moved back to Michigan.
- He wrote and illustrated 28 books, half of them on Michigan history.
- He also was producer-host for the television series, “Open Door to Michigan.” He served as Curator of Exhibits at the Museum and Associate Professor in Elementary Education at Michigan State University.
- He received special awards for his work on Michigan, including the Governor’s Award, A National Educational Television Award, and an Award of Merit from the Michigan Historical Society.
- He was closely associated, as a contract author and artist, with the Mackinac Island State Park system from 1958 until his death.
- During that time he wrote and illustrated four publications on the Mackinac region, illustrated many others and painted exhibit murals.
- Having moved to East Lansing in 1952, he painted the Michigan Folklore Mural at the East Lansing Public Library.His books include Here Comes the Bookmobile (1952), Were-Wolves and Will-o-the-Wisps: French Tales of Mackinac Retold (1974), Lore of the Great Turtle (1970), and The Young Voyageur (1955).
- He illustrated three volumes in the Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner—#4, Mystery Ranch; #5, Mike's Mystery; and #6, Blue Bay Mystery. He illustrated The Hidden Valley of Oz in 1951.
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