Dulieu, Jean - Original pen and ink drawing of Eucalypta and
ong>Inong> the Second World War, Jan van Oort () created the Paulus the woodgnome comic character; from the adventures of Paulus were published ong>inong> newspaper Het Vrije Volk. Van Oort called himself Jean Dulieu (French translation of Jan van Oort). Eventually, around daily strips would be made between ong>andong> . ong>Inong> addition to these newspapers publications, Paulus also appeared ong>inong> a large number of magazong>inong>es ong>andong> children's books, ong>inong> colour ong>andong> ong>inong> many countries. Jean Dulieu received many awards for his work ong>andong> is considered among the three foremost Dutch illustrators of his time, together with Marten Toonder ong>andong> Hans G. Kresse. Dulieu was an all-rounder, a versatile artist with unlimited talent ong>andong> skills who always aimed for the highest quality ong>inong> his work.His sheer virtuosity, skills ong>andong> talent kept pace with his pursuit of perfection. For his ong>drawong>inong>gong>s Dulieu made many sketches - usually ong>inong> pen ong>andong> ong>inong>k - ong>inong> order to fong>inong>d the perfect composition, proportion, facial expressions ong>andong> posture.This lot contaong>inong>s one of these wonderful pen ong>drawong>inong>gong>s of Eucalypta ong>andong> Salomo, made for one of the Paulus the woodgnome publications. Please admire the virtuosity ong>inong> the sketched long>inong>es. Only the greatest artists are able to create work of this high quality. A true masterpiece for the connoisseur. Read More