Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Romulus Candea - vintage children's book

Found this little gem the other day in a local antiques and general old crap shop - 'The Painters', published in 1963 and illustrated by German illustrator, caricaturist and artist Romulus Candea.

Whilst I haven't read the story itself yet (it's really long!) it seems to be entirely mental, surreal yet strangely charming in a way that only European children's books from the 1960s can be. 

Love the colours, love the expressions, love the use of white space, love the little rabbit on the spread with the bus.








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2 comments:

  1. Magdalena Radulescu-Möller26 February 2016 at 08:00

    Romulus CANDEA, * 18.01.1922 Timisoara / Romania, studied Painting in Vienna...
    Was a famous cartoonist in Bucharest, before he left Romania and settled down in Germany...

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  2. Magdalena Radulescu-Möller26 February 2016 at 08:00

    Romulus CANDEA, * 18.01.1922 Timisoara / Romania, studied Painting in Vienna...
    Was a famous cartoonist in Bucharest, before he left Romania and settled down in Germany...

    ReplyDelete