Ilon Wikland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ilon Wikland

Swedish artist

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1930

Place of Birth: Tartu, Livonia Governorate, Sweden

Profession: artist, illustrator

Nationality: Sweden, Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ilon Wikland

  • Maire-Ilon Wikland (nĂ©e Pääbo; born February 5, 1930) is an Estonian-born Swedish artist and illustrator.Wikland was born in Tartu, Estonia and raised in Haapsalu, Lääne County on Estonia's Baltic coast.
  • In 1944 she escaped with the family of a classmate from the second Soviet occupation of Estonia, to Sweden.
  • She arrived in Sweden as a refugee.
  • In 1953 Wikland applied for a job as illustrator at RabĂ©n & Sjögren.
  • She was met by Astrid Lindgren, who had just finished writing the book Mio, my Son and who could see immediately that Wikland was able to “draw fairytales”.
  • Wikland did a test-drawing for the book and after that her collaboration with Astrid Lindgren continued.
  • Wikland has said that Astrid’s writing continually makes her see inner pictures.
  • She also derives inspiration for her pictures from real life.
  • In the same way that Astrid Lindgren wrote for “the child within her”, Wikland often also draws for the child within her.
  • Ilon Wikland is the artist who has illustrated the greatest number of Astrid Lindgren’s books: The Six Bullerby Children (a.k.a.
  • The Children of Noisy Village) The Children on Troublemaker Street The Brothers Lionheart Karlsson-on-the-Roof Mardie Mio, My Son Nils Karlsson Pyssling Ronia the Robber's Daughter Seacrow Island The Ghost of Skinny Jack Sunnanäng.She has also provided the illustrations for many picture-books by Lindgren and many other writers, including The Dragon with Red Eyes, I Want a Brother or Sister, That’s My Baby, Brenda Helps Grandmother, Simon Small Moves in, and The Borrowers. In 2004 Ilon Wikland decided to gift her original illustrations to Estonia.
  • The artwork was originally exhibited in Wikland's gallery in Haapsalu, Estonia.
  • In 2009 "Ilon's Wonderland", a gallery and theme centre for children and families based on her works and illustrations, was opened in Haapsalu, Estonia.

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