Geerten Maria Ten Bosch (born 21 April 1959) is a Dutch graphic designer and illustrator.

Early life

Ten Bosch was born in

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in 1959 as one of five children of Lou Ten Bosch and Ank Stumpel. Between 1980 and 1984 she studied graphic and typographic design at the

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in The Hague but she did not complete her studies. One of her teachers was Alfons van Heusden.

Illustrator

In 1985, she started children's magazine ''St. Kitts van de Bovenwindse'' with Clara Linders, named after

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island. The initial financing for ''St. Kitts van de Bovenwindse'' was made possible by Ilona Fennema who made available the remaining money after the end of children's magazine '' Kris Kras''. Further financing was made possible by the Nederlands Comité voor Kinderzegels. The magazine only lasted a year but this marked the beginning of her collaborative efforts with Linders, Harriët van Reek and

Anne Vegter Anne Vegter (born 31 December 1958, Delfzijl) is a Dutch poet, playwright, and writer of children's literature. She is the first woman to hold the position of Dichter des Vaderlands (Dutch Poet Laureate). Early life Vegter attended a gymnas ...

. In 1989, she illustrated the children's book ''De dame en de neushoorn'', written by Anne Vegter, for which they both won the

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (; Dutch language, Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best Children's literature, children's book of the preceding year. History The award was first given in 1988. The ...

in 1990. The main characters in this book were first introduced in the children's magazine ''St. Kitts van de Bovenwindse''. Ten Bosch received the

Vlag en Wimpel In the Netherlands, the award is an honourable mention awarded by either the jury of the Gouden Griffel and Zilveren Griffel awards (for Dutch-language children's literature) or the jury of the Gouden Penseel and Zilveren Penseel awards (for ...

award for her illustrations in ''Verse bekken!'' which is also written by Anne Vegter. Ten Bosch illustrated Vegter's book ''Harries hoofdingang'' (1999) as well as ''Sprookjes van de planeet aarde'' (2006), the latter in collaboration with her sister

Judith Ten Bosch Judith Maria Ten Bosch (born 26 April 1957, Dordrecht) is a Dutch painter and illustrator. Biography Ten Bosch was born in 1957, and is one of a twins of Lou Ten Bosch and Ank Stumpel. She has four other siblings. Between 1976 and 1980, she ...

. Both sisters participated in the

Biennial of Illustration Bratislava The Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) is one of the oldest international honours for children's book illustrators. First granted in 1967 to Yasuo Segawa (Japan), it is one of the more prestigious children's book awards today, along with t ...

in 2007 to exhibit their illustrations in this book. Between 1994 and 1996, she illustrated stories written by

Toon Tellegen Antonius Otto Hermannus (Toon) Tellegen (born 18 November 1941) is a Dutch writer, poet, and physician, known for children's books, especially those featuring anthropomorphised animals, particularly those about an ant and a squirrel. His writings ...

which were published every other week in ''

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''. These stories were published in the book ''De verjaardag van alle anderen'' in 1998. In 1996, she received the Gouden Penseel award for her illustrations in ''De verjaardag van de eekhoorn'' (1995), written by Toon Tellegen. In 1995, she illustrated the book ''Het huis van Marie'' written by Clara Linders. In 2018, Ten Bosch and Harriët van Reek presented their picture book ''Ei! Ei! De wonderlijke reis van twee eieren en een poppenkast'' on the occasion of Easter 2018.

Artist

With Harriët van Reek she formed

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''Banketje'' and they went on to create various works of art. Some of these art works were purchased by the

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. The museum is located a ...

and the

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. In 2001, she created an art work together with artist Moritz Ebinger for the library in

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Awards

(1990, ''De dame en de neushoorn'', written by

) *

(1991, for ''Verse bekken!'', written by Anne Vegter) * Gouden Penseel (1996, for ''De verjaardag van de eekhoorn'', written by

)

References

External links

Official website
(in Dutch)
Geerten Ten Bosch
Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ten Bosch, Geerten 1959 births Living people Dutch children's book illustrators Dutch graphic designers Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Dutch women illustrators Dutch illustrators Gouden Penseel winners 20th-century Dutch women artists Dutch women children's book illustrators