In All Directions: Travel and Illustration - Selected by Quentin Blake - Softcover

Blake, Quentin

9781853322488: In All Directions: Travel and Illustration - Selected by Quentin Blake

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853322482 ISBN 13: 9781853322488

Publisher: National Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery), 2004

In All Directions looks at the pleasures and pains of travel, taking the reader on a delightful journey of discovery - by donkey, bicycle, train, car, riverboat, helicopter and even elephant. Alongside a personal narrative by Quentin Blake introducing both historical and contemporary illustrations by himself and others including Edward Ardizzone, Pierre Bonnard, George Cruikshank, David Gentleman, Utagawa Hiroshige, Linda Kitson. One of Britain's best-loved and successful illustrators and children's authors, Quentin Blake has illustrated nearly 300 books, most famously those of Roald Dahl. He has also curated several hugely popular exhibitions, including Tell me a Picture at the National Gallery and Magic Pencil for the British Council.

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One Of Britain's Best-Loved And Most Successful illustrators and children's authors, Quentin Blake has illustrated nearly 300 books, most famously those of Roald Dahl. He has also curated several hugely popular exhibitions, including Tell me a Picture at the National Gallery and Magic Pencil for the British Council. In All Directions follows the theme of the traveller and strange places - real and imaginary - and encourages the reader to engage with the illustrations in a narrative way. It also includes drawings and an introductory essay by Quentin Blake.

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