His illustrations have a strong personal style, gorgeous and slender, which can be recognized at a glance. There are both Japanese printing styles, such as large areas of blank space, exaggerated deformation and bright colors; It also implies many Biazley elements, such as evil Gherardini face, ferocious and touching corners of the mouth, hidden and irregular commotion, weak posture and neutral character modeling, exotic flowers and plants and scaly decoration; The Art Nouveau movement at the turn of the century is the third factor that affects him. Beautiful, smooth, exciting and enthusiastic curves can be seen everywhere in Kay's illustrations.
Kennelson (Kay Nielsen) is the story of several Andersen.
He is called the Danish illustrator who can best interpret Andersen's fairy tales by critics. He, ArthurRackham and EdmundDulac are also called the three giants of picture books in the early 20th century.
Kay nielsen 1886 was born in an art house in Copenhagen, and Nelson House is almost a salon for Nordic drama. Oriental works of art such as Japanese ukiyo-e painting were placed at home as furnishings, which gave him early artistic enlightenment.
His illustrations have a strong personal style and can be recognized at a glance. This is a strange mixture-both Japanese print styles, such as large areas of blank space, exaggerated deformation, bright and gorgeous colors; There are also many Biazley elements, evil Gherardini face, ferocious and touching corners of the mouth, weak posture and neutral role modeling. The Art Nouveau movement at the turn of the century is the third factor that affects him. Beautiful, smooth, exciting and enthusiastic curves can be seen everywhere in Kay's illustrations.
He has illustrated 12 the fairy tales of dancing princesses, this book and 19 14 The East of the Sun and the West of the Moon-Nordic Fairy Tales, 1924 Andersen's Fairy Tales Picture Book and 1925 The East of the Sun and the West of the Moon. Previously, Nordic myth picture books were almost blank.
The outbreak of World War I interrupted Kay's career, and it was not until 1924 that a new work-Andersen's fairy tale picture book was produced. As a Dane, Kay feels it is his bounden duty to draw illustrations for Andersen's fairy tales.
The depression of the book market made him devote himself to drama. After his partner in the drama industry died, he joined Disney and became the original designer of Fantasia, and the fragment of Night on a Barren Mountain was born in his mind. In the film, evil spirits, skeletons, ghosts and naked female ghosts are summoned by barren hills and burned into magic fire. The picture penetrates people's hearts and is fascinating, showing a school of hell aesthetics. Such a vivid and strong demon image is extremely rare in Disney animation. Kay's style is too weird and unusual, which is incompatible with Disney's sweet and warm theme. At the same time, his 50-year-old age and idle Nordic temper make him unable to adapt to the high-intensity assembly line operation in the American animation field. 1940, the geeks in the illustration industry are on fire.
1957 Kay died of poverty and disease. Like many avant-garde artists ahead of the times, Kay's illustrations won the favor of critics and the public after his death.
(Introduction is compiled from, and Figures 8 and 9 are related albums of "East of the Sun, West of the Moon", which are recommended. )
How to treat the International Andersen Prize World Illustrator Exhibition without a collection? 10 year10.4, the literary mother thought that the peak of the National Day trip had been perfectly staggered, and proposed to go to the Maritime World Culture and Art Center to see the international Andersen Award Illustrator Exhibition.
However, no one responded.
The elder sister looked at the younger brother: "The picture book illustration exhibition is too boring for primary school students. Let's go and have a look! " "
The younger brother looked at his mother with a puzzled face: "hmm, hmm ~ what exhibition?"
Mom is going to dig out the poster "Ugly Duckling" of the illustration exhibition:
Brother and sister were immediately moved: "Ugly duckling, I want to go, I want to go!" " "
So, my mother happily took her younger brother and sister to see the illustration exhibition.
In fact, mom came prepared this time. Since I heard about this exhibition from my friends, my mother has done a lot of homework in advance, not only knowing the exhibition strategy of Mima, an artist from a local art education institution, but also sorting out a collection of picture books compiled by Denise, a famous American preschool educator.
Along the way, I fantasized that my mother was telling the classic works of various illustrators in the exhibition hall in front of Kan Kan, and my mother couldn't help being satisfied.
Walking into the exhibition hall, I was disappointed. However, I saw the old mothers who took pains in literature and art, crowding in front of the painting and anxiously calling for their babies: "Come and see, come and see, isn't this your favorite picture book illustration?" But Xiong Haizi turned a deaf ear and gathered in several interactive areas, rolling up and down, pushing and shoving.
My baby is no exception.
No sooner had my mother told my brother and sister not to get separated than my brother slipped into the interactive area. Mother had to leave her sister behind, and after successfully chasing her, she led her brother to find the ugly duckling.
When my younger brother was staring blankly at the painting, my mother quickly opened the book: the author Robert Yingpan, a master of realistic illustration in South China, is good at telling stories with delicate and realistic painting style.
Before the book was finished, my brother got tired of watching the ugly duckling and started an interactive game with his works.
Interact with the works of Russian folk art alchemist Tagina Marina;
Interact with the works of the elegant Austrian picture book queen Lisbeth Zweig;
Electronic screen graffiti:
From this point of view, it is of great benefit to take children to the exhibition often. My younger brother, who used to run around, has now progressed to the stage of natural integration of posing and scenes.
When my brother was exhausted from interaction, my sister, who was watching the exhibition, found us: "Mom, let's go, I have read all the works."
Is it over? No, my mother smiled awkwardly and was very kind. It's time to start collecting: "How, which masters do my sister like best, take us to see?"
My sister nodded and took us to Mr. Rabbit and the beautiful gift first. This is the work of maurice sendak, a famous children's literature picture book writer and illustrator, with a beautiful and delicate painting style. He won the Cadillac Award, the highest honor of American picture books, five times, and was also the first American to win the International Andersen Illustrator Award.
Sandak, who was sickly in childhood, reflected all kinds of complicated emotions such as anxiety, fear and frustration in the process of children's growth in his picture book creation, which was a subversive revolution at that time. Sondak's three masterpieces, Animal Country, Rhapsody in the Kitchen Night and Far Away, were all mixed at first.
The Country of Beasts was once banned in the library, but it was later adapted into an animation and musical, which became a highly respected classic and was hailed as "a strange and unprecedented picture book". Some psychological researchers interpret the image of Max in the Animal Country by combining the archetypes such as ego, shadow, personality mask and Anima in Jung's personality theory.
Seeing the image of the beast in the illustration at the scene is terrible, as if it were a childhood nightmare, but Max, the hero, is carefree:
Knowing maurice sendak's terrible childhood, it seems that we can further understand the meaning of the work: a child gradually learns to overcome his fears in exploration.
"What really shapes us is the child that few of us have the courage to face-the impatient and demanding child who wants love and rights and is always angry and crying long before enlightenment reaches your heart." Maurice sendak's words may be his original intention of creating a series of classic works.
My sister's favorite second husband is anthony browne, a surreal spokesperson for children's psychology.
Anthony browne is listed as a British surrealist painter, and has won the International Andersen Illustrator Award and the British Kate Greenway Award for his achievements in the field of picture books. His works are neat in composition, bright in color, good at creating dramatic effects through comparison, and have surreal elements.
Willie, the coolest gorilla, is the most popular character in anthony browne's works. "Willie" has all kinds of expressions that children are familiar with, such as anger, sadness and joy, just like the spokesperson of children's emotional psychology. Another poster of this illustration exhibition is taken from his famous picture book Gorilla and Little Star in 2008.
Anthony browne said, "For me, designing a picture book is like making a movie. The structure of this book is a combination of close-up and prospect. And my job is a combination of talent (adventure) and thinking, and it is difficult to separate the two. "
Seeing that the two children were fascinated, mother continued: "Every illustration is a work of art, and an illustrator can't make a successful work only by painting skills. He also needs to know more about the children's spiritual world.
Moreover, a classic illustration will transcend national boundaries and times.
Next, let's look at mom's favorite host! "
My mother's favorite master is Scandinavian naturalist Swan Ott.
Svan Ott's paintings have a fresh breath, and the layers created by transparent watercolors are subtle and rich, just like the cold air in Nordic countries. Just like facing the fog or warm sun in the forest, revealing clean light, realistic scenes also exude ethereal artistry.
Swan Otto illustrated Andersen's classic fairy tales, such as Thumbelina and Ugly Duckling. He is especially good at capturing melancholy, sadness or humorous scenes in fairy tales and depicting them with fresh brushstrokes.
Mom's favorite second husband is the elegant Austrian picture book queen Lisbeth Zweig.
1990, Lisbeth Zweig was only 36 years old when she won the International Andersen Prize. The sentimental feelings of aestheticism, fantasy, grotesque and pleasure are intertwined with action, dance, nature and fantasy, which together create Zweig's art. Her paintings have a dreamy quality, which is magical but subtle and elegant.
When my mother was a child, domestic picture books had not yet started, and most of my peers had never been exposed to the concept of picture books, basically jumping directly from picture books to textbooks. The most profound childhood memories are the illustrations in Andersen's fairy tales and Grimm's fairy tales. Those beautiful princesses, dreamy scenery and touching stories give us great courage to pursue the beauty that the real world can't see.
Under the banner of sharing our favorite illustrators, we carefully turned the illustration exhibition hall again. Finally, the children reluctantly left the exhibition hall with infinite expectations for the master's picture books.
Eggs at the end of the text: the book of picture books reveals the secrets of picture books.
1. What is a picture book?
Picture books, that is, picture books, are taken from the names of picture books in Japanese. A picture book is a work of art, which is narrated by illustrations and words, shows the scene by facing pages, and presents the dramatic effect by turning pages.
Kadik Award, the world's most famous picture book award, defines the picture book standard as follows:
2. Is a book with illustrations also a picture book?
Picture books in a broad sense include books with illustrations, but what we usually call picture books and story books with illustrations are different. Generally speaking, pictures are more important than words, and pictures dominate the narrative.
3. Why should I read picture books? Does reading textbooks have the same effect as inserting books?
Picture books can not only promote children's reading and writing enlightenment, increase children's aesthetic experience and artistic experience, but also develop children's visual literacy. The cultivation of visual literacy can not be achieved by written books or inserted books, and it is easy to be ignored by us.
4. What picture book do you choose to read?
Method 1: Read all the works of a writer.
Method 2: Select works with the same theme/type above 10.
Method 3: Select all the winning works, such as Cadillac Award and Boston Global Horn Book Award.
5. How to learn picture books?
Attachment 1: List of International Andersen Award-winning illustrators
Attachment 2: Classic Works of Some Award-winning Masters