Art Wednesday: Marcel Marlier

Artist: Marcel Marlier
Born: Belgium (1930-2011)
Artist and illustrator

With my love for colour, you can see why I love these illustrations - they are full of life and colour.  I think they are so pretty. Perhaps I am still a child at heart.

Marcel Marlier was a Belgian artist and illustrator. He was born in Herseaux, Belgium. When he was 16, he enrolled in decorative art at Saint-Luc de Tournai. He finished his studies in 1951 with distinctions.  he returned as a teacher two years later.

The Belgium publisher La Procure a Namur organised a drawing contest.  They were interested in finding a talented artist to illustrate works for school children. Marlier won the competition. Two books resulted from this and these books guided a whole generation of Belgium children through the first few years of school - I Read with Michel and Nicole and I Calculate with Michel and Nicole.  Marlier's collaboration with La Procure a Namur lasted more than 25 years. (Source: Amazon)

Marlier went on and illustrated a number of books throughout his life time as can be seen on the Amazon link.  He died at the age of 80 in January of last year. 

Martine
Illustrations from "Debbie visits the country"
Illustrations from "Debbie visits the country"
Illustrations from "Debbie visits the country"
This is a favourite of mine - I could see myself up that tree, can you?
I love the expressions no the faces of the children




Comments

  1. Very whimsical and beautifully painted.

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  2. I truly like this painter. The colors are very bright and cheerful, and the details on the children are almost life-like.

    Oh, as I tried to picture you upon that tree, I began to smile. You would certainly have quite a climb. :)

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  3. Dear Mrs Wildflower - as a child I was hopeless climbing trees as I was scared of heights (and worried about falling) so in reality I wouldn't be very good at climbing, but a girl can always dream of climbing on!!

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  4. Love it, love it, love it! Always poured over the pictures in the books we had that featured this artist! So detailed and just beautiful!
    love,
    Bets

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  5. Love these whimsical pictures!

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  7. Oh yes, in our library, we have many of his books. The kids (and me) enjoy it. How wonderful that you write a blog about this!

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  8. I remember reading a book or two as a child that had illustrations by this artist - such BEAUTIFUL artwork! Sometimes I think people skip over the beauty to be found in the illustrations of children's books - they can be so gorgeous (like these ones)!
    I reckon this is one of my favourites of your featured artists, Jo. These are the kinds of illustrations that have the ability to touch nearly everyone, I think! :)

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  9. Clara - I am so glad you really like these, I loved them also. I would love to see them in a book - must look out for one of his children's stories.

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  10. Thanks for sharing it...btw, did anyone knew how to coloring like him? or what tool he use? For me, it seems like watercolor,and colored pencil. but i'm not very sure...

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    1. I am not sure as the websites don't say, but I think it is watercolours. It is too soft to be anything else. It could be a combination. Thanks for dropping by.

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