Geerten Ten Bosch facts for kids
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Geerten Ten Bosch
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Geerten Maria Ten Bosch
21 April 1959 Dordrecht, Netherlands
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Geerten Maria Ten Bosch (born on April 21, 1959) is a talented Dutch graphic designer and illustrator. She is known for her amazing drawings in children's books and other creative projects.
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Growing Up and Studying
Geerten Ten Bosch was born in 1959 in a city called Dordrecht in the Netherlands. She grew up with four brothers and sisters.
From 1980 to 1984, she studied graphic design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. This is a famous art school. Even though she didn't finish her studies, she learned a lot about design and drawing.
Becoming an Illustrator
In 1985, Geerten Ten Bosch started a children's magazine called St. Kitts van de Bovenwindse. She created it with Clara Linders. The magazine was named after the island of Saint Kitts.
The first money for the magazine came from Ilona Fennema. She used money left over from another children's magazine called Kris Kras. More money came from the Nederlands Comité voor Kinderzegels. The magazine only ran for one year. But it was the start of Geerten working with other artists. These included Clara Linders, Harriët van Reek, and Anne Vegter.
Award-Winning Books
In 1989, Geerten Ten Bosch drew pictures for the children's book De dame en de neushoorn. Anne Vegter wrote this book. They both won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 1990 for their work. The main characters in this book first appeared in the St. Kitts magazine.
Geerten also won the Vlag en Wimpel award for her drawings in Verse bekken!. This book was also written by Anne Vegter. Geerten illustrated two more of Anne Vegter's books. These were Harries hoofdingang (1999) and Sprookjes van de planeet aarde (2006). For the second book, she worked with her sister, Judith Ten Bosch. Both sisters showed their illustrations for this book at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 2007.
Working with Toon Tellegen
From 1994 to 1996, Geerten Ten Bosch illustrated stories by Toon Tellegen. These stories were published every other week in a newspaper called NRC Handelsblad. Later, these stories were put together in a book called De verjaardag van alle anderen in 1998.
In 1996, she received the Gouden Penseel award. This award was for her illustrations in the book De verjaardag van de eekhoorn (1995). Toon Tellegen wrote this book.
Other Picture Books
In 1995, Geerten Ten Bosch illustrated the book Het huis van Marie. Clara Linders wrote this story.
In 2018, Geerten Ten Bosch and Harriët van Reek presented a new picture book. It was called Ei! Ei! De wonderlijke reis van twee eieren en een poppenkast. They shared this book for Easter in 2018.
Art Projects
Geerten Ten Bosch and Harriët van Reek formed an artist collective called Banketje. Together, they created many different art pieces. Some of their artworks were bought by important museums. These include the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Nordic Watercolour Museum.
In 2001, she worked with artist Moritz Ebinger. They created an artwork for the library in Maassluis.
Awards and Recognitions
Geerten Ten Bosch has won several important awards for her illustrations:
- Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (1990) for De dame en de neushoorn, written by Anne Vegter.
- Vlag en Wimpel (1991) for Verse bekken!, written by Anne Vegter.
- Gouden Penseel (1996) for De verjaardag van de eekhoorn, written by Toon Tellegen.
