Illustration picture book丨Appreciation of works of genius cardboard picture book illustrator

1. Anthony Browne has been fond of cardboard picture book illustration art since childhood

Anthony Browne was born in Sheffield in 1946 and grew up in a country pub called Hipperholme in Yorkshire. He liked the art of cardboard picture book illustration since he was a child, and he often followed his father to draw for hours. In addition to this, Anthony also enjoys sports such as rugby, football, and cricket. After graduating from secondary school, Anthony entered the Leeds School of Art to study cardboard picture book painting courses, taught by Harry? Du Bo Lang (Harry Thubron). He started out as a cardboard picture book illustrator for medical books, working at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, where he drew many diagrams of the internal structure of the human body. At first, Anthony thought the work was interesting, but after three years, he found that it was just repetitive work, and he was worried that this kind of work would be too anonymous to be regarded as a real painting, and he planned to change it. He then spent a while in the advertising industry, leaving because he hated the world so much.

2. Anthony Browne cardboard picture book growth history:

Later, Anthony Browne devoted himself to the production of name cards. His cardboard picture book design was innovative and unconventional, which was appreciated by publishers and started his cardboard picture book illustration career. For 15 years he has been designing postcards at Gordon Fraser Gallery. His "Gorilla" cardboard picture book started with a picture on a birthday card. In 1976 he published his first cardboard picture book, Through the Magic Mirror, a simple cardboard picture book story with too little plot and too much white space around the picture. Much, although that would later become his style to this day, the debut was not a success. The second cardboard picture book, A Walk in the Park (1977), was not a successful picture book. Some critics thought it was a cardboard picture book for adults. Instead of a cardboard picture book for children, some even mocked him for "taking a self-centred trip".

3. Anthony Browne's cardboard picture book has won numerous awards:

It was not until 1983 that he published the seventh cardboard picture book "Gorilla", and he became famous in one fell swoop. He won many awards including the British Kate Greenaway Award, and was translated into fourteen languages. . His major works include the cardboard picture book "The Tunnel" (The Tunnel, 1989), which won the Dutch Silver Paintbrush Award, the cardboard picture book "A Day at the Zoo" (Zoo, 1992), which won the Kate Greenaway Award. Kurt Masler Award cardboard picture book "Voices in the Park" (1998), Kate Greenaway Award nominated cardboard picture book "Willy's Picture" , 2000) and the new cardboard picture book "My Mum" (My Mum) in 2005. His works mainly include two series, one is the "Willy series" cardboard picture book with Willy the chimpanzee as the protagonist, and the other is the "Little Bear series" cardboard picture book with the bear as the protagonist. In 2000, the surrealist cardboard picture book artist, who has long been known internationally, won the International Hans Christian Andersen Illustration Award.

Anthony currently lives in Kent, England with his wife and two grown children.

4. Anthony Browne cardboard picture book style and technique:

Anthony's cardboard picture book works have cool observation and precise painting skills, and the most distinctive feature is the "surrealism" factor that erupts in them. Influenced by the surrealist cardboard picture book painter Magritte, his first cardboard picture book "Through the Magic Mirror" in 1976 had a similar creative approach. He is recognized as a "surrealist painter" in the cardboard picture book world,

5. Anthony Browne cardboard picture book works are full of infinite mystery and wonder:

Anthony Brown's cardboard picture book illustrations show the bright side of human nature, but also the incredible side. He believes that when creating cardboard picture book illustrations for children, the most important thing is to see the world in the way children think. His cardboard picture book works are full of infinite mystery and surprise, and he is especially good at burying ridiculous creativity and imagination in a corner of the cardboard picture book, so that readers will always have the pleasure of discovering treasures. His most famous cardboard picture book creation series is the "Gorilla" series. The animal character preference for "gorilla", "King Kong" and "monkey" primates has not only become the protagonist of his "Willy" cardboard picture book series, but readers can also see his "playing" in Anthony's cardboard picture book works from time to time. Heart”, his creativity adds interest to reading for his cardboard picture book, and also forms his unique personal style. Most of his cardboard picture book themes are concerned with lonely, disadvantaged children, class relations, and family issues. He also focuses on pure imagination and artistic creation. It is really pleasing to watch his cardboard picture book paintings.

6. Cardboard picture book author Anthony Brown says:

“For me, designing a cardboard picture book is like making a movie, the structure of the cardboard picture book is a combination of close-up and perspective. My work is talent (so to speak) and thinking It is very difficult to separate the two.”

- Anthony Brown