Suzanne Duranceau

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Suzanne Duranceau (born August 2, 1952) is a Canadian illustrator living in Montreal. [1]

She was born in Montreal and studied French literature at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent and painting and etching at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. She studied animation at the National Film Board of Canada. Then, in the early 1980s, she began her career as an illustrator for children's books. [2]

She was a founding member of Illustration Québec (Association des illustrateurs et illustratrices du Québec) and served as its president from 1983 to 1985.[ citation needed ] In 1992, she was president of the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communication. She has taught language of visual arts and drawing at the Collège Ahuntsic. [2]

Her work has appeared on a number of stamps issued by Canada Post [3] [4] and on coins issued by the Royal Canadian Mint. [5]

Duranceau received the Prix Communication-Jeunesse/Culinar in 1981. [2] In the same year, she received the annual show award from the Houston Society of Illustrators. [1] In 1992, she was named to the short list for a Governor General's Award for Literary Merit.[ citation needed ] She has served on juries for various awards, including the Governor General's Awards. [6]

Selected works

by Robin Muller (1994), received the CAPIC (Canadian Association of professional image creators) annual award

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References

  1. 1 2 The Storymakers: Illustrating Children's Books : 72 Artists and Illustrators Talk about Their Work. Canadian Children's Book Centre. 1999. pp. 48–49. ISBN   1551381079.
  2. 1 2 3 "Suzanne Duranceau" (in French). Communication-Jeunesse.
  3. ↑ "High Value Definitive: Blue Whale". Canada Post. October 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ "The War of 1812". Canada Post. June 15, 2012. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "100 Year-Old Royal Canadian Mint Introduces Landmark Themes In First Collector Coins Of 2008". Royal Canadian Mint. January 9, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Suzanne Duranceau". ZAKS Illustrators Source.


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