Fiel van der Veen
Fiel van der Veen (born 18 February 1945, Nijmegen) is a Dutch illustrator.
Fiel van der Veen
Fotopersbureau De Boer · Illustrator Tiel van de Veen, Noord-Hollands Archief, collectie Fotopersbureau De Boer, NL-HlmNHA_1478_38730K00_09 · CC0
- Name
- Fiel van der Veen
- Birth Name
- Theophile M. van der Veen
- Born
- 18 February 1945
- Birthplace
- Nijmegen
- Field
- Illustration
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- illustrator · draftsperson · typographer · animator · graphic designer
- Fields
- illustration · young adult literature
- Honours
- Silver Brush
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Fiel van der Veen (born 18 February 1945, Nijmegen) is a Dutch illustrator.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Fiel van der Veen. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2600533 · wikipedia · Fiel van der Veen
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Fiel van der Veen • Birth Name — Theophile M. van der Veen • Born — 18 February 1945 • Birthplace — Nijmegen • Field — Illustration
Career
Career
Van der Veen has illustrated books by various Dutch authors, including Paul Biegel, Jan Terlouw and Willem Wilmink. In 1974, Van der Veen illustrated the book 2 is te veel by Henk Barnard, the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk on the occasion of the Boekenweek. Van der Veen also illustrated Paul Biegel's book Het eiland daarginds which was the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk in 1989. • Illustration — Van der Veen (violin) and Wilmink (1976) In 1988, van der Veen won the Zilveren Penseel for his illustrations in Paul Biegel's book De rode prinses. Biegel's book Laatste verhalen van de eeuw, also illustrated by van der Veen, won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 2000. Other books by Biegel that were illustrated by van der Veen include Japie en het zwarte spook (2002), Man en muis (2003) and De roep van de Kinkhoorn (2004).
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1945
Fiel van der Veen was born on 18 February 1945.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2600533: Fiel van der Veen
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Fiel van der Veen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Awards
• 1988: Zilveren Penseel (De rode prinses, written by Paul Biegel) • 1988: NIC Illustratie Jaarprijs (De rode prinses, written by Paul Biegel) • 1997: NIC Illustratie Jaarprijs (De zwerftochten van Aeneas, written by Paul Biegel)
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Fiel van der Veen worked in illustration and young adult literature. He belonged to Association of Dutch Designers. He worked at Haarlem. Recorded as illustrator, draftsperson, typographer, animator and graphic designer.
Career and activity
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Illustration
5,224 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Fernando BoteroIllustrator
- Fernando Leal AudiracIllustrator
- Fernando León de AranoaIllustrator
- FidusIllustrator
- Fiep WestendorpIllustrator
- Fifi ColstonIllustrator
- Fina RifàIllustrator
- Finn GraffIllustrator
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Fiel van der Veen?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.