Jirina Marton

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Jirina Marton
Born (1946-04-19) April 19, 1946 (age 80)
Liberec, Czech Republic
Education Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
Occupations
  • Artist
  • illustrator

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Rechcigl, Miloslav (2016). Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American Biography. Vol. 2. AuthorHouse. p. 137. ISBN   978-1524620691.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "An Illustrative Life, an exhibition by Jirina Marton". Colborne Art Gallery.


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