The Art of Illustration 30 Dutch Illustrators The Art of 30 Dutch Illustration Illustrators in the Museum Dick Bruna Miffy goes to a museum with her Dick Bruna (1927-2017) wrote and illustrated parents, where she sees paintings, 124 picture books and statues and even a mobile. She thinks: designed many posters ‘When I grow up I’ll be an artist’. and book covers. During a career spanning This typical Miffy book features clear- sixty years, he gained lined illustrations on the right-hand international acclaim. page and simple rhyming texts on the miffy.com left, encouraging readers to visit a museum, no matter how young they are.

Age 2+ Size 16 x 16 cm Publisher Mercis Rights sold English, Chinese, French, Frisian, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Mexico), Russian, Taiwanese, Swedish

2 3 Holland at its Best Charlotte Dematons In this picture book without any text a Illustrations by Charlotte Dematons (b. 1957) group of characters travels to The Hague often have a fairy-tale through a typical Dutch landscape of atmosphere and always windmills, cows and clouds. Charlotte excel in their brilliant details. Her books are Dematons presents an ode to the artists published in many of the The Hague School while adding countries. Her wordless picture book Sinterklaas, many contemporary elements, thereby about the traditional joining two worlds to create a veritable Dutch celebration, sold visual feast. over 100,000 copies and was awarded the Golden Paintbrush in 2008.

Age 5+ Size 28.9 x 24 Publisher Leopold Rights sold French (Versant Sud)

4 5 Liebermann – Annette Fienieg Mr Max portrays people as they are. Annette Fienieg (b. 1959) made her debut as an The Sea by Mr Max He paints the girls from the orphanage illustrator in 1986. She when he takes them for a day at the has illustrated over beach. One of the girls, Martha, whose eighty children’s books for publishers in the mother has died and whose father is and abroad, at sea, sees the ocean for the very first many of which were written by her husband time. A touching story with a warm Koos Meinderts. summer atmosphere. annettefienieg.nl

Age 4+ Size 28.8 x 24.1 cm Publisher Leopold

6 7 Karel Appel – From Harrie Geelen Karel’s father is a barber who is Harrie Geelen (b. 1939) is an illustrator, film the Barbershop in the convinced his son will take over from director, animator, Dapperstraat him. But Karel wants to be a painter and translator, writer and is encouraged in his ambition by his poet. He has adapted operas for children and uncle. He attends the art academy and illustrates the children’s gradually becomes an internationally books written by his wife Imme Dros, among acclaimed abstract artist. others. For thirty-four years he was a creative director, animator and scriptwriter at the Toonder Studios.

Age 4+ Size 23.8 x 28.6 cm Publisher Leopold

8 9 Monster Book Alice Hoogstad A quiet black-and-white city bursts into Alice Hoogstad (b. 1957) has been illustrating colour as an energetic child uses bright children’s books crayons to create vibrant monsters that since the late 1980s, run rampant in this textless picture collaborating with great children’s authors book. The beautiful and intricate including Rindert illustrations reveal their own stories Kromhout, Mirjam Oldenhave, Hans Kuyper on repeat viewings. Monster Book was and Guus Kuijer. awarded the Golden Paintbrush 2015. alicehoogstad.nl

Age 3+ English (Lemniscaat), Size 29.7 x 24.6 cm Italian (Il Castello), Publisher Lemniscaat Korean (Gongjackso), Rights sold Portuguese (Maria Chinese (Tomorrow), Janerrelli Estudio), Danish (Turbine), Spanish (Lamarca), German (Aracari), Turkish (Alfa Basim)

10 11 My Weird and Yvonne Jagtenberg Gerard’s uncle, Monsieur Hulot, looks Yvonne Jagtenberg (b. 1967) has been Wonderful Uncle after him and his dachshund Dali for an illustrator since a day. Hulot’s creativity and playful graduating from the imagination are a welcome contrast art academy in Arnhem fifteen years ago. She has to Gerard’s strictly minimalist family worked for Dutch and home. An ode to Jacques Tati and his international publishers of children’s books and filmMon oncle (1958). is currently working on self-made picture books. Her Arno and Balotjebooks have been translated into nine languages. She has won several awards including the Charlotte Köhler Stipendium. Age 4+ yvonnejagtenberg.com Size 25 x 28.5 cm Publisher Rubinstein

12 13 Dissus Jan Jutte Dissus is a boy in cool shorts and a Jan Jutte (b. 1953) is an internationally acclaimed tracksuit top, who finds himself in a illustrator of Dutch dream adventure with nine classmates. children’s books. He has The ten friends have to fight their way illustrated more than 400 books for children. past giants, monsters and sorceresses, janjutte.nl including Farmer One-Eye, Circe and the Scylla 2000. In this modern adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey the story is told in free verse, with swinging, highly quotable poetry. The powerful illustrations deserve to be seen all around the world.

Age 10+ Size 23.8 x 17.2 cm Publisher Querido Rights sold German (Thienemann)

14 15 The Parakeet, the Annemarie van Monsieur Matisse’s paintings, with their Annemarie van Haeringen (b. 1959) learned how to be Mermaid and the Snail Haeringen bright colours, make everyone happy. a professional illustrator But when he falls ill and cannot paint in from her fellow artist Max the way he used to, he finds a new way Velthuijs. Her work has evolved from detailed to express himself, with the help of his watercolour and ink assistant. illustrations to whimsical line drawings featuring a bold use of colour and plenty of space on the paper. She works mainly in ink and watercolours, letting the outlines run to suggest action and speed. annemarievanhaeringen.nl

Age 4+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold German (Freies Geistesleben), English (Nord Süd), French (Sarbacane), Italian (De Agostini)

16 17 Puzemuze, or the Road Wim Hofman Wim Hofman (b. 1941) This story about Luuk and Kwastje finds his inspiration in to Rothko the language, forms and is an adventurous tale of colour and colours of the Cobra individual perceptions of art. movement. He has been awarded Golden and Silver Pencils and Paintbrushes and in 1991 he received the Theo Thijssen Prize for his oeuvre as a whole. Black as Ink (1997), his version of Grimm’s Snow White, won him the prestigious Woutertje Pieterse Prize.

Age 4+ Size 25.8 x 21.7 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold German (Seeman Henschel)

18 19 Hubert de Givenchy – Philip Hopman The true story of a young count who Philip Hopman (b. 1961) has illustrated over 250 With Love for Audrey wants to become a fashion designer and children’s books with a a young baroness who wants to become cinematic technique that a ballerina. They meet in Paris in 1953 has found many imitators. In the Netherlands he is to design costumes for the film Sabrina known as ‘the artist who and make their dreams come true. can draw anything’ – including farmers, horses, agricultural machinery, and much more besides. His pictures are crammed with hilarious details; his dashing style shows immense professional skill. philiphopman.nl

Age 4+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold French (Versant Sud), English (North South), Ukrainian (Art Books Publishing), Russian (Art Books Publishing), Japanese (Bunka Gakuen)

20 21 Hi Puss! Mies van Hout A unique book for cat lovers by five Mies van Hout (b. 1962) is an illustrator whose acclaimed cat-loving authors. Twenty colourful illustrations illustrations accompany the poems and have quickly filled present cats in many poses in a touching children’s bookshelves. They include pictures and irresistible combination. to accompany stories by Mathilde Stein and Hanna Kraan. miesvanhout.nl

Age 4+ Size 30.5 x 25.8 cm Publisher Hoogland & Van Klaveren Rights sold French (Minedition), German (Aracari)

22 23 Houtje and Blauwtje Joke van Leeuwen Joke van Leeuwen (b. Houtje lives in a painting by Karel 1952) writes for adults and children. She has Appel. Every day he is aware of people written and illustrated looking at him. One day he decides many children’s books, he wants to look at things himself. He and they have been widely translated. Among asks everything and everyone he meets: the many awards she has ‘Am I supposed to look at you?’ Then received are the Theo Thijssen Award and the he meets Blauwtje and together they German James Krüss discover where all the people come Award, for her books from. for children, and the Constantijn Huygens Award and the Golden Goose Feather for her works for adults. jokevanleeuwen.com/en

Age 6+ Size 19.5 x 17 cm Publisher Rubinstein

24 25 They’ll Run Off With Ted van Lieshout A poet starts working on a new volume Ted van Lieshout (b. 1955) studied at the Your Nose but gives up after one poem, because of Rietveld Academy in a broken heart. But help comes from an and worked unexpected quarter, from the alphabet as a designer before moving on to writing and and from words. Fiction and poetry illustrating children’s are combined here, and together they books. His work is in a constant state of flux; he challenge ideas about what a book is is always looking for new or should be. The typography and the styles and techniques in sober use of black, white and red add to both words and pictures. the powerful visual charm. tedvanlieshout.com

Age 8+ Size 24.8 x 16.7 cm Publisher Leopold

26 27 Constant – Playtime in Martijn van der Linden Martijn van der New Babylon is a city full of excitement, Linden (b. 1979) has New Babylon built up an extensive a city of your own design where you can collection of work and explore and play. Machinery and robots has demonstrated his are taking over all the work, so there’s mastery of disparate genres. The fine linocut- plenty of time to walk, paint, write and style drawings that he make friends. And then a tiger walks makes for one book are nothing like the colourful in! A gripping story about Dutch artist and endlessly detailed Constant Nieuwenhuys. paintings that he makes for another. Except that they are always beautiful in their colour and detail. martijnvanderlinden.nl

Age 4+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold

28 29 This is For You Sanne te Loo An ode to fantasy, creativity and Sanne te Loo (b. 1972) is a Dutch illustrator and illustration. A boy draws in chalk on portrait painter who has the street because his piece of paper is been making children’s too small, but people walk straight over books for over ten years. She has illustrated texts his drawings and the rain washes them for authors including away. So he looks for another space Paul Biegel and Sjoerd Kuyper, and has received and ends up at the villa of the elderly several awards for her artist Anselmo, who, as his wise tutor, work. encourages him to look and draw. sanneteloo.nl

Age 4+ Size 27.9 x 23 cm Publisher Lemniscaat Rights sold Danish (Turbine)

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26 28 30 58 60 62 Paul Poiret Enzo Pérès- Young Paul Poiret dreams of a great Enzo Pérès-Labourdette was born France and Labourdette future as a fashion designer, but then lives and works in he gets fired from his first job with Amsterdam. His work fashion house Worth. Disillusioned, has appeared on the cover of The New York Poiret goes travelling and discovers a Times Sunday Review and world of colour in the Mediterranean. he has illustrated for The New Yorker, Heineken Full of inspiration he designs exotic and Dolce & Gabbana. fashions, and becomes the first designer enzo.studio to expand into perfumes, furniture and wallpaper.

Age 4+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold

34 35 Calder – Alexander’s Sieb Posthuma Alexander has a piece of wire and uses it Sieb Posthuma (1960- 2014) began his career Piece of Wire to make the most useful things and the with illustrations funniest animals, a flower, a monster or for newspapers and a dancing partner. His biggest dream is magazines, before going on to create book covers to make something that can move all by and children’s books. He itself, and so he creates the mobile – for made his writing debut with books about his dog which he is still famous today. Rintje, which he both wrote and illustrated. In 2012 he won the Golden Paintbrush for the illustrations he created to accompany Annie M.G. Schmidt’s poems in A Pond Full of Ink. His work has been published in America, Japan, Brazil, Italy, Denmark and Germany. siebposthuma.com

Age 4+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold German (Seeman Henschel), French (Sarbacane), Brazilian (Editora 34), Italian (De Agostini)

36 37 Edith & Egon Schiele Harriët van Reek The first children’s Egon Schiele grew up as the son of book by Harriët van Reek (b. 1957), Lena a railwayman and was fascinated by Lena, was published trains throughout his short life. He drew in 1986 and won both many of them in his uniquely expressive critical and public acclaim. Her books are style. Besides trains he painted people, characterised by their before dying of the Spanish flu at the careful balance between image and text. She age of twenty-eight. He left only one often leaves out details, portrait of his beloved Edith, the wife intentionally achieving whom he had loved since childhood. a deceptively naive imagery resembling kids’ drawings. The comical stories often lean towards the absurd and are driven by unexpected narrative twists. harrietvanreek.nl

Age 4+ Size 21.3 x 25.5 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold Korea (Bluebird)

38 39 Mr Kandinsky Daan Remmerts One day a little blue horse escapes Daan Remmerts de Vries (b. 1962) has worked was a Painter de Vries from one of Mr Kandinsky’s paintings in many genres, using and becomes his inspiration to make words and pictures to paintings such as the world has never create books for young and old. Typical of his seen before. Mr Kandinsky was a Painter work are his sensitive won the Silver Paintbrush in 2011. child characters, his vibrant narrative voice and his fanciful collages.

Age 4+ Size 21 x 25 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold German (Seemann Henschel), Korean (Bluebird)

40 41 Maurits Mouse Ingrid & Dieter Maurits Mouse pops out of his hole in Ingrid Schubert and Dieter Schubert are Schubert the museum at night to have a look at married and work the girl with the pearl earring, but one together. In 1977 they night she’s gone. In this adventure story, attended the Academy in Maurits Mouse and his friends go to her Amsterdam, where rescue. the well-known Dutch illustrator Piet Klaasse inspired them to start illustrating children’s books. Their first title, There’s a Crocodile Under My Bed!, was an immediate success, published in fourteen countries. Since then they have published over a hundred picture books.

Age 4+ Size 21 x 25 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold French (De Agostini), Japanese (Bunka Gakuen), Ukrainian (Nebo Booklab), Russian (Nebo Booklab), United Arab Emirates (Kalima)

42 43 Dikkertje Dap Noëlle Smit Early in the morning, at seven fifteen, Picture books by Noëlle Smit (b. 1972) have Dikkertje Dap walks into the Zoo been translated into with a ladder, come to feed the giraffe. ten languages. She The kind giraffe who listens to all has illustrated work by writers including of Dikkertje Dap’s stories and lets Annie M.G. Schmidt, him slide down his neck. A classic of Bibi Dumon Tak, Harm de Jonge and Nicolaas Dutch children’s literature, with new Matsier. illustrations. noellesmit.nl

Age 3+ Size 25.9 x 19.5 cm Publisher Querido

44 45 Bosch – The strange Thé Tjong-Khing Hieronymus falls off a cliff, into a Thé Tjong-Khing (b. 1933) studied for three years story of Hieronymus, his waterfall, then surfaces in a paradise- at art school in Bandung, cap, backpack and ball like world full of strange creatures. They Indonesia. In 1956 he came take his ball, his cap and his backpack, to the Netherlands, where he worked at the studio but Hieronymus chases them fearlessly. of the Netherlands’ most Find the clues and discover that nothing celebrated cartoonist, Marten Toonder. Until is what it seems in the world of Bosch. the end of the 1960s he mainly drew comics, but then followed a successful career as a children’s book illustrator. Thé Tjong-Khing has received many prizes for his work, including the Max Velthuijs Prize for his children’s book oeuvre as a whole.

Age 4+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold German (Moritz), Spanish (Ekaré), Italian (Beisler), Chinese (DUKU)

46 47 Ensor Marije Tolman Picture books by Marije James Ensor travels along the beach, Tolman (b. 1976) have been published in which is full of strange, colourful more than ten different creatures: monsters, clowns, demons, countries. The Tree angels. In the middle is Ensor himself, House, a picture book that Marije made together an outsider in real life. In his work he with her father Ronald painted life as a magical and grotesque Tolman, won the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2010. It masquerade, turning it into a game was shortlisted for the of concealment and revelation. His Golden Own Children’s characters hide behind strange faces, Literature Prize, won the Golden Paintbrush (best allowing us to feel their loneliness. illustrated children’s book of the year) and was awarded the Troisdorfer Picture Book Prize 2011. It was also nominated for the USBBY Outstanding International Booklist in the USA. marijetolman.nl

Age 4+ Size 21 x 25 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold USA (Enchanted Lion)

48 49 Joost Swarte At the beginning of the twentieth Joost Swarte (b. 1947) is an artist, designer and century a group of artists who wanted architect. He studied to shake up the art world began a industrial design in magazine called De Stijl (The Style). Eindhoven and started his own comic magazine Joost Swarte depicts ten of them, their Modern Papier in 1971, studios and how they worked, exploring which connected him to the international what made these artists, architects and underground movement. designers unforgettable. Swarte illustrates for publications including Vrij Nederland, Humo, RAW and The New Yorker. He also designs posters, fonts, stamps, furniture and stained glass. As an architect, he has created a theatre and a house. joostswarte.com

Age 8+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold German (Freies Geistesleben), Korean (LOG press)

50 51 Pikkuhenki Marit Törnqvist Long ago, in a faraway land, there Marit Törnqvist, born in Sweden in 1964, lived a witch called Pikkuhenki who studied illustration was so small that she made her home at the Gerrit Rietveld under a grain of sand, near a bit of Academie in Amsterdam. She designed the dust, behind a blade of grass. She flies three-dimensional into the head of a little boy and makes journey through Astrid Lindgren’s work at the him courageous enough to stand up to Junibacken children’s a terrifying Emperor. A modern fairy cultural centre in tale by Toon Tellegen, for which Marit Stockholm, as well as illustrating other Törnqvist won the Golden Paintbrush people’s work and in 2006, showing her dark side and creating her own books. dramatically emphasizing the power of marittornqvist.nl a lonely little boy.

Age 6+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Querido Rights sold Korean, Japanese, German, French, Swedish, Iranian

52 53 Frog is Frog Max Velthuijs Max Velthuijs Frog is in crisis. Even though he’s a (1923-2005) was an internationally great swimmer and a beautiful green acclaimed artist whose colour, he feels sad that he can’t fly like picture books have Duck, can’t bake cakes like Pig and can’t been published in more than thirty countries. read like Hare. Until Hare convinces The combination of his him they all love him, just for being graphics, bright colours and simple but moving Frog. Golden Paintbrush 1996. stories explains why his work has been awarded all possible prizes, including in 2004 the Hans Christian Andersen Prize. The Frog books are the most popular series (12 titles).

Age 4+ Size 28.8 x 24.3 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold Andersen Press

54 55 The Birds Ludwig Volbeda Ludwig Volbeda (b. 1990) A romance between two statues: one on studied illustration at the AKV Sint Joost a square, the other in a park. They face in Breda. He lives and each other but cannot reach each other. works in Amsterdam. In The birds flying to and fro connect them, 2013 he won the Fiep Westendorp Prize for carrying their messages of love. One day young illustrators. the statues are taken down and melted ludwigvolbeda.nl into one new statue.

Age 4+ Size 23.5 x 28 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold Chinese (Shandong Education Press)

56 57 Little Bear Pippeloentje Fleur van der Weel The first poem about the little bear Fleur van der Weel (b. 1970) is an illustrator Pippeloentje was published in 1950, and a graphic designer. followed by a collections in 1958 Her work has won her (illustrations by Wim Bijmoer), in 1983 awards including the prestigious Woutertje (illustrations by Jan Jutte) and in 1994 Pieterse Prize. She has (illustrations by Harrie Geelen). In this created striking black- and-white illustrations of new edition, with nine poems about the practically every animal, daily adventures of the little bear, Fleur in the style of woodcuts. van der Weel’s warm illustrations tell fleurvanderweel.com their own story. Silver Paintbrush 2018.

Age 3+ Size 25.3 x 23.7 cm Publisher Querido

58 59 Jawlensky – Her Eyes Sylvia Weve Alexei makes paintings for his deceased Sylvia Weve (b. 1954) has illustrated over mother, so big that his mother can see a hundred books. them from beyond the stars. At the Her illustrations are age of thirty-two he leaves for Munich, expressive and energetic. where he becomes one of the founders sylviaweve.com of Der Blaue Reiter.

Age 4+ Size 23.8 x 28.6 cm Publisher Leopold Rights sold Germany (Freies Geistesleben)

60 61 Floddertje Fiep Westendorp Six stories about the little girl Floddertje Fiep Westendorp (1916 - 2004) created the and her dog Smeerkees, who is well-known illustrations constantly getting into a mucky mess. for Annie M.G. Schmidt’s With a lot of humour – and water and stories of Jip and Janneke, Floddertje, Pim and Pom washing powder – all the problems that and Tow Truck Pluck. arise are solved. fiepwestendorp.nl

Age 3+ Size 23.1 x 21.8 cm Publisher Querido Rights sold Chinese (CCPP), Hindi (A&A), Hungarian (Pagony), Italian (Il gioco di leggere), Korean (Woongjin), Russian (Zakharov), Slovakian (Verbarium), Turkish (Can)

62 63 Publisher’s details

Hoogland & Van Klaveren Nijgh & Van Ditmar Monique Postma Jolijn Spooren [email protected] [email protected] Korenmarkt 8 Singel Uitgeverijen 1621 BG Hoorn Weteringschans 259 The Netherlands 1017 XJ Amsterdam T + 31 229 277 502 The Netherlands www.hooglandvanklaveren.nl T + 31 20 760 72 10 www.singeluitgeverijen.nl Lemniscaat Jesse Goossens Rubinstein [email protected] Mara Joustra Vijverlaan 48 [email protected] 3062 HL Rotterdam Prinseneiland 43 The Netherlands 1013 LL Amsterdam T + 31 10 206 29 29 The Netherlands www.lemniscaat.nl T + 31 20 420 07 72 www.rubinstein.nl Leopold Sophie Mulder Querido [email protected] Luciënne van der Leije Wibautstraat 133 [email protected] 1097 DN Amsterdam Singel Uitgeverijen The Netherlands Weteringschans 259 T + 31 20 551 12 83 1017 XJ Amsterdam www.leopold.nl The Netherlands T + 31 20 760 72 10 Mercis www.singeluitgeverijen.nl Karin van Zwieten [email protected] Johannes Vermeerplein 3 1071 DV Amsterdam The Netherlands T + 31 20 672 16 40 www.miffy.com

64 Editors Agnes Vogt, Dick Broer

Design Philip Stroomberg, Amsterdam

Printing Jos Morree Fine Books

The Art of Illustration is published by the Dutch Foundation for Literature. Foreign publishers wishing to publish translations of Dutch literature may apply for a subsidy towards the translation costs. In the case of high quality illustrated children’s books, additional financial support is possible. For more information please visit www.letterenfonds.nl/en/ illustrated-childrens-books