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Born 1949 East Grand Rapids, Michigan. Known for: Children's book illustration, transportation theme sculpture.
Following is the text of the 2010 induction of Chris Van Allsburg into The Illustrators Hall of Fame. If Chris Van Allsburg is the fish that got away, then I'm the angler that couldn't tell the... Read full biography
Following is the text of the 2010 induction of Chris Van Allsburg into The Illustrators Hall of Fame. If Chris Van Allsburg is the fish that got away, then I'm the angler that couldn't tell the difference between a perch and a pike. In the late 1970s, when I was art director of The New York Times... Read full biography
Following is the text of the 2010 induction of Chris Van Allsburg into The Illustrators Hall of Fame. If Chris Van Allsburg is the fish that got away, then I'm the angler that couldn't tell the difference between a perch and a pike. In the late 1970s, when I was art director of The New York Times OpEd page, Chris's wife, Lisa, brought the newly minted portfolio of her husband to my office hoping that I would assign him an illustration. The work was amazing, but it was not illustration. In fact,... Read full biography
Following is the text of the 2010 induction of Chris Van Allsburg into The Illustrators Hall of Fame. If Chris Van Allsburg is the fish that got away, then I'm the angler that couldn't tell the difference between a perch and a pike. In the late 1970s, when I was art director of The New York Times OpEd page, Chris's wife, Lisa, brought the newly minted portfolio of her husband to my office hoping that I would assign him an illustration. The work was amazing, but it was not illustration. In fact, it was mostly wood sculpture (a bit reminiscent of H.C. Westerman's surrealist wood boxes). Van Allsburg, who had graduated with an MFA degree in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1975, had already had a couple of shows at Allen... Read full biography
Following is the text of the 2010 induction of Chris Van Allsburg into The Illustrators Hall of Fame. If Chris Van Allsburg is the fish that got away, then I'm the angler that couldn't tell the difference between a perch and a pike. In the late 1970s, when I was art director of The New York Times OpEd page, Chris's wife, Lisa, brought the newly minted portfolio of her husband to my office hoping that I would assign him an illustration. The work was amazing, but it was not illustration. In fact, it was mostly wood sculpture (a bit reminiscent of H.C. Westerman's surrealist wood boxes). Van Allsburg, who had graduated with an MFA degree in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1975, had already had a couple of shows at Allen Stone Gallery in Manhattan, but an illustrator he was not. His ironic blend of real and surreal was conceptually pe... Read full biography
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