Friday, August 16, 2013

Dahlov Ipcar

Born in 1917, American writer, painter and children's book illustrator Dahlov Ipcar has been making art over a period spanning two centuries. In 1939, she had her first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. She started her children's illustration career in 1945, creating pictures for author Margaret Wise Brown's 'The Little Fisherman', and has continued illustrating and writing another thirty books. Her art has evolved into intricate, geometric paintings, often depicting the animal kingdom...
dahlov ipcar, the cat at nightdahlov ipcar, the cat at night silhouette
dahlov ipcar 3
dahlov ipcar, the littel fishermandahlov ipcar, the calico jungle
dahlov ipcar 2dahlov ipcar 1
...read more about her here and here...

1 comment:

Julia Kelly said...

Wow- gorgeous!