The First Klaas Book: Facing Realities – Selected Works by Klaas Verplancke (English and Dutch and French Edition)
Verplancke, Klass; Swarte, Joost
Language: English
Published by Exhibitions Intl, Leuven, 2010
- Hardcover
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Substantial illustrated monograph devoted to the work of acclaimed Belgian illustrator and visual artist Klaas Verplancke. The First Klaas Book: Facing Realities presents approximately two hundred illustrations, drawings and paintings from the first two decades of Verplancke’s career and documents his development from children’s-book illustrator to an independent visual author with a distinctive artistic language. His work combines poetic imagination, surrealism, humour and an unusual ability to transform abstract ideas and universal emotions into memorable images. With text by Pieter van Oudheusden and an introduction by celebrated Dutch graphic artist Joost Swarte. The volume is presented in Dutch, English and French and is especially appealing to collectors of contemporary illustration, graphic art, visual storytelling and artist monographs. Verplancke achieved international recognition through major awards and nominations, including the Bologna Ragazzi Award and finalist recognition for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. A beautifully produced object in its own right, notable for its cloth spine, varied papers, typography and high-quality colour reproduction. Originally issued with a documentary DVD of approximately 20 minutes on Verplancke’s working process. CONDITION DESCRIPTION Very Good. Attractive hardcover copy with cloth spine. Binding firm. Interior appears clean and well preserved. Covers show only light age-appropriate shelf and handling wear from the available photographs. No obvious library markings or institutional stamps visible in the photographed pages. Original documentary DVD included. Please see photographs for exact condition. SUBJECTS Illustration, Graphic Art, Belgian Art, Contemporary Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration, Artist Monographs, Book Design, Visual Culture.…
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- Title
- The First Klaas Book: Facing Realities – Selected Works by Klaas Verplancke (English and Dutch and French Edition)
- Author
- Verplancke, Klass; Swarte, Joost
- Publisher
- Exhibitions Intl, Leuven
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9077549536
- ISBN 13
- 9789077549537
- Item weight
- 1,288 grams
- Dimensions
- 20.96 centimeters width by 25.4 centimeters height by 2.54 centimeters depth
He had learned his trade as a draughtsman at the Hoger Sint-Lucasinstituut in Ghent, where he studied Advertising Graphics and Photography from 1982 to 1986. After his military service, he worked for a few advertising agencies and continued to do his illustrating after office hours. In 1990, he decided to become a full-time illustrator. Advertising acted as a handy training ground for his new profession, teaching him to analyse issues and to get a story across to the public at large.
In the following years, he made countless contributions to publications and illustrated more or less a hundred and fifty books, ranging from strip cartoons for youngsters to the frank and fearless Erotisch Fabels. He also wrote and illustrated the strip cartoon books Nopjes en Reus and illustrated the acid satire of Reinaart de Vos and Tijl Uilenspiegel. In so doing he switched back and forth between styles with consummate ease, as well as techniques and materials, which he chose to suit each job and adjusted for the subject in hand. Although computers came to play a major role in developing his illustrations, the conventional drawing, using pencil or pen and paper, remained the cornerstone of his work.
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