Fritz Kredel was born in Michaelstadt-im-Odenwald Germany and studied under Rudolf Koch at the Offenbach School of Art & Design. He collaborated with Koch on “A Book of Signs” (1923) and “The Book of Flowers” (1930). In 1934 on the death of Rudolf Koch, he moved to Frankfurt and in 1938 he emigrated to the USA and taught at the Cooper Union in New York and continued to work as an artist. He illustrated over 400 books in English and German including works for the Limited Editions Club and Random House among others publishers. Many of his original illustrations are held at the Art Library of Yale University.