The Art of Illustration
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The Art of Illustration 30 Dutch Illustrators The Art of 30 Dutch Illustration Illustrators Miffy 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 Netherlands 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 Amsterdam 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.