QUENTIN BLAKE – WOMEN OF PARIS IN PICTURES
This is a collection of paintings, pastels, prints and drawings of women in the collections of the Petit Palais selected by Quentin Blake to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the recently re-opened Petit Palais in December 2005-February 2006.
Blake is one of the finest contemporary British children’s book illustrators and his illustrations of the Roald Dahl books through the 70’s and 80’s have delighted thousands of children worldwide.
For this exhibition and book project he was given carte blanche access to the museum and all its collections. There are around 60 works featured and they are a diverse and interesting group which include both famous and less known works from painters such as Degas, Renoir, Cassat and others.
Throughout this utterly delightful book Blake has illustrated his text with his own zany art. Published by Frances Lincoln I can’t tell you the price because the book was a birthday gift to Annie.
This is a collection of paintings, pastels, prints and drawings of women in the collections of the Petit Palais selected by Quentin Blake to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the recently re-opened Petit Palais in December 2005-February 2006.
Blake is one of the finest contemporary British children’s book illustrators and his illustrations of the Roald Dahl books through the 70’s and 80’s have delighted thousands of children worldwide.
For this exhibition and book project he was given carte blanche access to the museum and all its collections. There are around 60 works featured and they are a diverse and interesting group which include both famous and less known works from painters such as Degas, Renoir, Cassat and others.
Throughout this utterly delightful book Blake has illustrated his text with his own zany art. Published by Frances Lincoln I can’t tell you the price because the book was a birthday gift to Annie.
The official Quentin Blake Website is worth a visit.
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