Illustrator Etienne Delessert featured at Telluride Gallery of Fine Art
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's interview with Etienne Delessert]
His all caps bona fides set the bar high for his peers: more than 80 books, translations in 14 languages and millions of copies sold worldwide. No wonder Etienne Delessert is considered a father of modern children's picture books. And Etienne Delessert is coming to Telluride. At least his work is: Etienne is featured in a show, "From Beasts to Barbar," of other bold-faced children's book illustrators opening at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art on July 28 and running through the Telluride Film Festival in early September.
(Also at the top of the list of illustrators in Will Thompson's groundbreaking show is the iconic Maurice Sendak, whom Etienne describes as a "friend and one of the reasons I came to New York in 1965." )