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Born 1925 Paris, France. Known for: Illustrator-children's stories, modernist-leaning landscape.
An abstract painter and illustrator of stories of Babar the Elephant, Laurent de Brunhoff is the son of Cecile de Brunhoff, a French writer and artist who told her young sons elephant stories to... Read full biography
An abstract painter and illustrator of stories of Babar the Elephant, Laurent de Brunhoff is the son of Cecile de Brunhoff, a French writer and artist who told her young sons elephant stories to amuse them when they were young. The boys, Laurent and his brother, Mathjieu, persuaded their mother to... Read full biography
An abstract painter and illustrator of stories of Babar the Elephant, Laurent de Brunhoff is the son of Cecile de Brunhoff, a French writer and artist who told her young sons elephant stories to amuse them when they were young. The boys, Laurent and his brother, Mathjieu, persuaded their mother to publish the stories and their father to illustrate them, and the first of the stories was released in 1931. From that time Laurent de Brunhoff has carried on the tradition, writing and illustrating... Read full biography
An abstract painter and illustrator of stories of Babar the Elephant, Laurent de Brunhoff is the son of Cecile de Brunhoff, a French writer and artist who told her young sons elephant stories to amuse them when they were young. The boys, Laurent and his brother, Mathjieu, persuaded their mother to publish the stories and their father to illustrate them, and the first of the stories was released in 1931. From that time Laurent de Brunhoff has carried on the tradition, writing and illustrating thirty more of the tales. De Brunhoff lived most of his life in Paris, but in 1985, he and his family, including his mother, Cecile, moved to Connecticut. One of his favorite pastimes is hiking in the American West, especially in Yosemite National... Read full biography
An abstract painter and illustrator of stories of Babar the Elephant, Laurent de Brunhoff is the son of Cecile de Brunhoff, a French writer and artist who told her young sons elephant stories to amuse them when they were young. The boys, Laurent and his brother, Mathjieu, persuaded their mother to publish the stories and their father to illustrate them, and the first of the stories was released in 1931. From that time Laurent de Brunhoff has carried on the tradition, writing and illustrating thirty more of the tales. De Brunhoff lived most of his life in Paris, but in 1985, he and his family, including his mother, Cecile, moved to Connecticut. One of his favorite pastimes is hiking in the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park. The Morgan Library in New York City is the repository of the family materials relating to th... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Outer Space, Science Fiction
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Yosemite National Park
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950