这些作品要追溯到20世纪50年代布莱克读研究生的时候,当时他努力想成为一名插画家,并在切尔西艺术学院(Chelsea School of Art)上了素描课,在那里他第一次接触到了人体形象。
很快,他发现他可以从记忆中以任何姿势画出它,从生动的想象中工作,这使他的作品如此吸引人和成功。
Quentin Blake’s illustrations are instantly recognizable to millions around the world. What are less well-known, though, are his original works of art, those not created as book illustrations. Published to accompany an exhibition at London’s House of Illustration, this book explores, for the first time, 100 works ranging from large-scale oil paintings to drawings and prints, created between the 1950s and today. The works date back to Blake’s postgraduate years in the 1950s when he struggled to make a living as an illustrator and took life-drawing classes at Chelsea School of Art, where he first engaged with the human figure. Soon, he found he was able to draw it from memory in any pose, working from the vivid imagination that has made his work so appealing and successful.
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