The Quentin Blake Book
(Sprache: Englisch)
A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist's 90th birthday in December 2022.
Quentin Blake is an artist who has charmed and inspired generations of readers. Tracing...
Quentin Blake is an artist who has charmed and inspired generations of readers. Tracing...
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A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist's 90th birthday in December 2022.Quentin Blake is an artist who has charmed and inspired generations of readers. Tracing Blake's art and career from his very first drawings - published in Punch when he was 16 - through his collaborations with writers from Roald Dahl and John Yeoman to Russell Hoban and David Walliams, to his large-scale works for hospitals and public spaces and right up to his most recent passions and projects, acclaimed author Jenny Uglow here presents a fully illustrated overview of Quentin Blake's extraordinary body of work, with accompanying commentary by the artist himself.
With unprecedented access to the artist's entire archive, The Quentin Blake Book reveals the stories behind some of Blake's most famous creations, while also providing readers with an intimate insight into the unceasing creativity of this remarkable artist.
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Introduction: Anything is possible1. Youngest Contributor: Making a start
2. A Drink of Water: A lifetime of collaborations
3. Dancing Frogs: From Patrick to Mr Filkins
4. With Roald Dahl: The Odd Couple
5. Don Quixote to Godot: Classics and treasures
6. Up the Wall: Public spaces and hospitals
7. Solo Sequences: Personal series, for exhibitions
8. Twilight and Sunlight: Personal series, from book to gallery and back
9. Worrying Times: Some feeling of sympathy
10. Imaginary Portraits: Discovery through drawing
11. The Joy of Biro: The unexpected line
Authors note
Autoren-Porträt von Jenny Uglow
Jenny Uglow is a prize-winning author and biographer. She was Chair of the Royal Society of Literature 2014-16. Her books include bestselling biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell and William Hogarth. Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick won the National Arts Writers Award; A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Edward Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense was the winner of the Hawthornden Prize. She is also the author of Walter Crane in the Thames & Hudson series The Illustrators (2019).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jenny Uglow
- 2022, 255 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 20,5 x 26,5 cm, Englisch
- Verlag: Thames & Hudson
- ISBN-10: 0500094357
- ISBN-13: 9780500094358
Sprache:
Englisch
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