This fully illustrated volume on the life and work of Eric Carle contains autobiographical writings of his life and childhood in wartime Germany, giving a glimpse of the people, circumstances and events that shaped his life and encouraged his bold, freeform style.
艾瑞·卡爾,已出版超過70本圖畫書,獲得大大小小75項獎座,創(chuàng)立了全美第一座致力于宣揚及收藏圖畫書藝術(shù)的艾瑞卡爾圖畫書藝術(shù)美術(shù)館;被譽為“色彩魔法師”。他以色彩繽紛的拼貼畫風(fēng)格聞名全球,已超脫圖畫書創(chuàng)作者格局,擠身世界藝術(shù)大師行列。
Eric Carle is one of the world's most beloved artists of children's books. Creator of the classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar, he has captured the imagination of millions of children and adults with his bold, colorful collage illustrations. Eric Carle's life and work are explored in this comprehensive portrait that includes more than sixty full-color illustrations from his books; artwork from his student days; a moving autobiographical account of his life, with photographs; anecdotal reflections by Ann Beneduce, his longtime friend and editor of The Very Hungry Caterpillar; essays on the power of his art by his German publisher, Viktor Christen, and Takeshi Matsumoto, curator at the Chihiro Iwasaki Museum in Tokyo; an insightful speech by Eric Carle originally given at the Children's Literature Center in the Library of Congress; a photographic essay on how he creates his collages; and a full-color illustrated bibliography of all of his books. Annotation The noted author-illustrator discusses his life and art.