"Les chatons barbouilleurs" illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen

Here's a very cute book illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen !  :)


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Funny Bunny By Alice & Martin Provensen (1950)

Hi Friends !!! :)

I come back After a Few Days of absence because i was very busy! But don't worry about it! 
I've got a lots of new things to show you!
As I know you are fond of Provensens, let me introduce you to this wonderful book : Funny Bunny !!!
The first page is in pop-up (in the English Version) and as always, illustrations are just lovely and colorful !
If you don't know Alice & Martin Provensen, here are their biography :
http://myvintageavenue.blogspot.com/2011/07/alice-and-martin-provensen.html
Enjoy !!! :)

Alice and Martin Provensen !!!

I think The Provensens are my favorite illustrators.

I can't deny it, I'm totally a fan :D

I hope one day I will have the full collection !!!

This is the most complementary duo I've ever seen, I often wonder what was their way of working...

There are so many similarities between Alice and Martin Provensen ... Every reason to believe they were made for each other...

Indeed, they were both born in Chicago, (Illinois.) Alice was born on August 14, 1918 and Martin on July 10, 1916. They both moved to California when they had 12 years

old. They both received a scholarship for The Art Institute Of Chicago, frequented the University of California, but on separate campuses. After graduation, Alice went to

work at Walter Lantz Studio (Woody Woodpecker's creator), while Martin worked with his rival Walt Disney Studio, where he collaborated on Dumbo, Pinocchio and

Fantasia.

Our dream team will end up meeting in 1943 when Martin will finally integrate the Walter Lantz Studio. They get married a year later and then they moved to Washington

where they worked on projects related to the war.

Once the war ended, they leave for New York where a friend helped them to find their first job, that's how they illustrated the Fire Side Book of Folk Songs. It's the beginning

of a great and wonderful collaboration.

In 1952, Martin created the character of Tony the Tiger, the mascot of Kellogg's.

Following that, they illustrated several "Little Golden Books" such as "The Color Kittens" or "Old Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes" or "The Little Fat Policeman"…

During those years, The Provensens wrote and illustrated more than fifty books, received several awards such as The Caldecott Honor Medal and have been on The New

York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times.

After the death of Martin in 1987, Alice went on to publish but she confided : "In reality, Martin and i were one single artist."