Alice Hoogstad
Alice Hoogstad (born 3 October 1957, in Rhoon) is a Dutch illustrator and writer of children's literature, best known for her book Monsterboek (2014) for which she won the Gouden Penseel awards in 2015.
Alice Hoogstad
- Name
- Alice Hoogstad
- Born
- 3 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Rhoon, Netherlands
- Occupation
- Illustrator, children's writer
- Awards
- * Gouden Penseel (2015)
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Fields
- young adult literature
- Education
- Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen
- Honours
- Golden Paintbrush · Silver Brush
- Languages
- Dutch
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Alice Hoogstad (born 3 October 1957, in Rhoon) is a Dutch illustrator and writer of children's literature, best known for her book Monsterboek (2014) for which she won the Gouden Penseel awards in 2015.
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Key facts
• Name — Alice Hoogstad • Born — 3 October 1957 • Birthplace — Rhoon, Netherlands • Occupation — Illustrator, children's writer • Awards — * Gouden Penseel (2015)
Career
Career
A graduate of the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam, Hoogstad started illustrating children’s books in 1987, and as of 2023, has illustrated over 200 books for children's writers such as Guus Kuijer, Sjoerd Kuyper, and Tjibbe Veldkamp among others. Her works have been exhibited at the Rijksmuseum and at the Museum Kranenburgh. For Hoogstad's 2022 book De nachtlantaarns van meneer Makkelie, she made fourteen illustrations. Thirteen children's book writers, including Paul van Loon, Sjoerd Kuyper, Dolf Verroen, Bette Westera, Annet Schaap and Jan Paul Schutten, wrote stories for these illustrations.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Rijksmuseum (September 2015 – March 2016) • Museum Kranenburgh (1 October 2023 – 10 March 2024)
Identity
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Alice Hoogstad is recorded as having received Golden Paintbrush and Silver Brush.
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1957
Alice Hoogstad born at Rhoon.
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• 2015: Gouden Penseel, for Monsterboek
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