Miche Wynants Mid century illustrator
July 14, 2014
I’ve been trying to find out a little about illustrator Miche Wynants who worked on a number of books in the mid sixties, but apart from a hint that she maybe from Belgium, the internet came up a blank. : ( I think that her work, especially on Noah’s Ark is stunning.
Wonderful textures and rolling blues and greens in the stormy sea here.
These Lions are fab too and the brown and pink foxes with their extra loooong tails, are also pretty cool.
Here’s a couple of covers of other books Miche Illustrated.
I imagine that these exciting flip books would keep children amused for quite a while.
If anyone has any info or images of Miche’s work that they could pass on, I’d love to include them on my blog. Do get in touch, thank you.
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Miche Wynants: beautiful work! I had never heard of him. This link confirms Belgian:
http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/de-vinck-antoine-illustrated-by-miche-wynants/page-1/
The relevant text:
” illustrated in soft pastels by the Belgian artist Miche Wynants. “
So if you can be bothered, you could probably find out more from the Belgian branch of IBBY. Contact details pasted below:
Belgian Section of IBBY – Flemish Branch
c/o Stichting Lezen
Frankrijklei 130/4
BE-2000 Antwerp
Tel [int. +32] 3 204 10 00
Fax [int. +32] 3 204 10 09
E-mail: evadevos@stichtinglezen.be
http://www.stichtinglezen.be
President of the Flemish Branch
Ms Majo de Saedeleer
E-mail:
majodesaedeleer@stichtinglezen.be
(address of the section in Antwerp)
Liaison Officer of the Flemish Branch
Ms Eva Devos
(address of the section in Antwerp)
Many thanks for your email, how helpful. I did come across the Abebooks link and IBBY too, so I’ll see if they can help. Thanks again for your thoughtfulness.
Good. Morning. I have just bought a copy of Noah’s Ark in great condition from a charity shop.
The illustrations are just amazing.
It was published in 1965 by Faber.
Does anyone know if there should be a dust jacket with this lovely book ?
Peter
I know Miche very well she is really adorable , love her very much ,such a great artist in any which way. and way behond illustration too. She will be 90 in a couple of weeks. She needs to be celebrated our dear Miche.
Thanks Isabelle, I wasn’t sure if you meant that you know her work or that you actually know her personally. If it’s the latter and she would be interested in answering some questions about her work, or via yourself then please let me know. Thank you Craig
Miche Wynants is a woman and still lives in Belgium. Today I read a wonderful interview with her in the newspaper. I didn`t know her work. It seems her books are more known overseas. https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250129_95392442
Thanks Isabelle, I think you have to be a member to view the article but thank you for sharing it.