Sunday, January 27, 2013

Karoly Reich






I wasn't aware of the Hungarian artist Karoly Reich's wonderful illustrations until recently - or that is, in a way I was, because without knowing about him I already had two of his children's books in our collection. "Let's see the animals", that you see above, is one of them, and this is the other. A reader of the blog pointed out to me that the illustrations were made by Karoly Reich and that he actually illustrated more than 500 children's books. A little google research revealed a treasure trove of beautiful illustrations. "Let's see the animals" is from 1974, it's written in verse and tells a little sweet story about all the animals in the forrest.

7 comments:

  1. How beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Saskia - yes, the colours a quite special. I read that Reich was very inspired by folklore and naïve art and that his use of colours responds to that.

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  3. Love your posts about children's books. Such a good inspiration. Thanks.

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    1. ohh, thank you :) I'm so happy to hear that! I love children's books and illustrations but sometimes I am afraid that it might be too boring with all these posts!

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  4. Så vil jeg tilføje at Jeg også nyder børne-bøgerne:)
    Og sikke mange fine billeder der var på Google-linket! Meget inspirerende.
    Mvh Lisbet Vinther Nielsen

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    1. Lisbet - ja, jeg syntes også det var en hel skattekiste af skønne illustrationer, der dukkede op! Der findes så mange fine børnebøger, der næsrmest er små kunstværker i sig selv.

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