![]() ![]() ![]() You can see more about the exhibition and the Beaney itself at their website here. We’re very pleased to welcome it to the Beaney and expect it to be very popular with our visitors.”įun for all the family and free to enter, the exhibition will be in the Special Exhibitions Room at the Beaney until the 20 th May, after which it will continue its tour. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. It also features different versions of The BFG on other media, such as posters and postage stamps.Ĭhairman of the council’s Community Committee, Cllr Neil Baker, said: “This exhibition is sure to jog people’s memories of their childhood, as the BFG is such an iconic book. Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahls favourite illustrator. ![]() Curated by Blake himself and containing pictures never exhibited before, it is an interesting insight into what the BFG might have been, and into the collaboration between the author and artist. Included amongst the illustrations are Blake’s initial unused designs for the BFG before any consultations with Dahl, as well as the final artwork drawn for the book. A splendiferous new hardback of THE BFG, part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish jackets over surprise printed. ![]() The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge is currently hosting a wonderful exhibition called ‘The BFG in Pictures’ 40 original illustrations by Quentin Blake for Roald Dahl’s book The BFG, courtesy of the House of Illustration gallery in London. ![]()
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