Sophia Maria "Fiep" Westendorp (17 December 1916 – 3 February 2004) was a

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who became popular due to her long collaboration with writer Annie M.G. Schmidt with their creation of

Jip and Janneke ''Jip and Janneke'' (Dutch: ''Jip en Janneke'') is a series of children's books in the Netherlands, written by Annie M. G. Schmidt and illustrated by Fiep Westendorp. The series is known for its simplicity and wit. The series was originally wr ...

Career

Three generations of Dutch people have grown up with her illustrations. The drawings she made for '' Jip en Janneke'', a series of stories which ran in Dutch newspaper ''

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'' from 1953 to 1957, now adorn a variety of items sold by Dutch department store HEMA. Since the regular Dutch awards for illustrations always eluded her, she was given a unique award for her entire oeuvre in 1997. Westendorp also drew a text comic based on the Annie M.G. Schmidt story ''Tante Patent'' in the 1950s.

Legacy

She died in 2004. Since 2007, the

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has had an

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for illustration in Westendorp's honor.

References

1916 births 2004 deaths Dutch comics artists Dutch women children's book illustrators Dutch female comics artists Dutch comic strip cartoonists Dutch women comic strip cartoonists People from Zaltbommel Artists from Gelderland Willem de Kooning Academy alumni {{illustrator-stub