Ian Woodward Falconer was an American author and illustrator of children’s books who was born on August 25, 1959, and died on March 7, 2023.
He also designed theater sets and costumes. He designed thirty covers for publications including The New Yorker.
The Olivia series of children’s books, written and illustrated by Falconer, tell the story of a young pig’s adventures and were originally intended as a Christmas present for his niece. Falconer was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, attended The Cambridge School of Weston, attended New York University to study art history, and attended Parsons School of Design and the Otis Art Institute to study painting.
Falconer was involved in the design of theaters. He worked with the artist David Hockney on the costumes for the 1987 Los Angeles Opera production of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner. In 1992, he worked with Hockney on the costumes for the 1992 Chicago Lyric Opera production of Turandot by Puccini. The costumes for The Royal Opera’s production of Richard Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten at Covent Garden in 1992 were created by Falconer, and the sets were created by Hockney.
Ian Falconer cause of death: How did Ian Falconer die?
Conrad M. Rippy, Falconer’s agent and lawyer, said that Falconer died of natural causes on Tuesday while he was with family in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was 63.
