Tomislav Torjanac
Tomislav Torjanac (born 1972) is a Croatian illustrator, who works mostly in oil paints combined with a digital medium. His creative process is very physical in the paint handling and is characterized by rich impastos. In 2006 Torjanac won the international competition to illustrate a new edition of Yann Martel’s 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.
Tomislav Torjanac
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- 1972 · Našice.
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- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Croatia
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- illustrator
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The competition was run by Scottish publisher Canongate Books, UK newspaper The Times, Australian newspaper The Age and Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. The illustrated edition was published by Canongate Books in September 2007. Torjanac also illustrated a number of picture books, including James Joyce's The Cat and the Devil. He participated in a number of group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, and had a solo show in London. His artwork was included in Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art illustration annual in 2006 and 2007.
Tomislav Torjanac (born 1972) is a Croatian illustrator.
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Tomislav Torjanac (born 1972) is described as an artist and illustrator in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Tomislav Torjanac is recorded in 1972.
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Tomislav Torjanac born at Našice.
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- 1.Life of Pi: The Illustrated Edition by Yann Martel and Tomislav Torjanac, The Times, 15 September 2007
- 2.A brush with the art of Pi, The Times, 15 April 2006
- 3.In Pictures: The Illustrated Life of Pi, The Guardian, 27 September 2007
- 4.A new slice of Pi, The Toronto Star, 17 November 2007
- 5.Life of Pi gets visualized, The Miami Sun Post, 1 November 2007
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