Book Illustration
1978 (made)
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The Butterfly Collector, published in 1978, falls into Fulvio Testa's early career as a children's book illustrator. The vivid colour in this watercolour landscape scene is typical of his style. Testa enjoys using watercolour because of its unpredictable qualities and the blotches and run-ins add character to his work. He began his career as a children's book illustrator in 1971 but he is now known as a landscape artist, generally of abstract mountain scenes. He pays great attention to his materials, using the finest hand-made paper which adds to the textural quality of his work.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, mounted on card |
| Brief description | Book illustration to The Butterfly Collector, drawing of man chasing butterflies up a mountain, by Fulvio Testa in pen and ink and watercolour on paper, 1978. |
| Physical description | Illustration depicts a man with a net and wearing mountaineering clothes and rucksack chasing butterflies up a mountain. Eyes peep out from a cave in the mountainside. Another creature with striped tail hides behind the peak. |
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| Summary | The Butterfly Collector, published in 1978, falls into Fulvio Testa's early career as a children's book illustrator. The vivid colour in this watercolour landscape scene is typical of his style. Testa enjoys using watercolour because of its unpredictable qualities and the blotches and run-ins add character to his work. He began his career as a children's book illustrator in 1971 but he is now known as a landscape artist, generally of abstract mountain scenes. He pays great attention to his materials, using the finest hand-made paper which adds to the textural quality of his work. |
| Bibliographic reference | Testa, Fulvio & Lewis, Naomi. The Butterfly Collector. London, Andersen Press, 1978. |
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| Accession number | E.289-1982 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2004 |
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