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