Jirina Marton
Canadian artist and illustrator (born 1946)
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Jirina Marton (born April 19, 1946) is a Czech-born Canadian artist and illustrator.[1]
She was born in Liberec,[1] studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague and continued her studies in Paris. Marton had her first exhibitions there and also began illustrating children's books. She came to Canada in 1985 and now lives in Toronto.[2][3]
Her books have been published in France, Canada, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, China and Korea.[4] Her illustrations have appeared in exhibitions in Italy, Japan and Canada.[2]
Selected works
Sources:[2][1]
- I'll Do It Myself (1989)
- Amelia's Celebration (1992), received the Grand Prize at the Itabashi Picture Book Contest
- Lady Kaguya's Secret: A Japanese Tale (1997)
- The Bear Says North: Tales from Northern Lands (2003) text by Bob Barton
- Arctic Adventures: Tales from the Lives of Inuit Artists (2007) text by Raquel Rivera
- Marja’s Skis (2007) text by Jean E. Pendziwol
- Bella's Tree (2009) text by Janet Russell, received the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration
References
- ^ a b c Canadian Children's Book Centre (1999). The Storymakers: Illustrating Children's Books : 72 Artists and Illustrators Talk about Their Work. Pembroke Publishers Limited. pp. 103–04. ISBN 1551381079.
- ^ a b c Rechcigl, Miloslav (2016). Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American Biography. Vol. 2. AuthorHouse. p. 137. ISBN 978-1524620691.
- ^ "Jirina Marton and her Governor General's Award-winning children's book illustrations". CBC Books. November 17, 2009. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017.
- ^ "An Illustrative Life, an exhibition by Jirina Marton". Colborne Art Gallery.
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- Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic (1987)
- Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater (1988)
- Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush (1989)
- Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy (1990)
- Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes (1991)
- Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales (1992)
- Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming (1993)
- Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story (1994)
- Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (1995)
- Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift (1996)
- Barbara Reid, The Party (1997)
- Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1998)
- Gary Clement, The Great Poochini (1999)
- Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story (2000)
- Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup (2001)
- Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts (2002)
- Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart (2003)
- Stéphane Jorisch, Jabberwocky (2004)
- Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Day (2005)
- Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder (2006)
- Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun (2007)
- Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and the Pussycat (2008)
- Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree (2009)
- Jon Klassen, Cats' Night Out (2010)
- Cybèle Young, Ten Birds (2011)
- Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf (2012)
- Matt James, Northwest Passage (2013)
- Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer (2014)
- JonArno Lawson, Sidewalk Flowers (2015)
- Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka, Tokyo Digs a Garden (2016)
- David Robertson and Julie Flett, When We Were Alone (2017)
- Jillian Tamaki, They Say Blue (2018)
- Sydney Smith, Small in the City (2019)
- The Fan Brothers, The Barnabus Project (2020)
- David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, On the Trapline (2021)
- Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi, The Sour Cherry Tree (2022)
- Jack Wong, When You Can Swim (2023)
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