About Jean Huens

  • Biography

    The following, submitted by Patrick Huens, is from "Belgium Today", Vol 7, #4, a 2002 publication of the Embassy of Belgium, Washington DC:

    On June 20, 2003 Jean-Leon Huens (1921-1982) was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame, joining a long list of great illustrators including Howard Pyle, Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, Erte and Maurice Sendak. Huens worked for two decades in the U.S. and his illustrations appeared in "The Saturday Evening Post", "Reader's Digest" and "National Geographic"
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    The following excerpts of an appreciation of Huens' work by Howard Paine, to be published in the Society's forthcoming 45th Annual, are reprinted with permission.

    Jean-Leon Huens was born on December 1, 1921 ...

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