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Bruna Dick
(1927-2017)
«Miffy the Bunny»
«Nijntje»

Dick Bruna is a writer, artist and graphic designer. His best known creation then is Miffy, a little rabbit drawn in as few lines and as few colours as possible, and always accompanied by four lines of verse. Apart from other series of children's books in the vein of Miffy (which he wrote and drew), Dick Bruna has also illustrated and designed the covers of the books of many well-known authors. His designs for the covers of Simenon's Maigret are famous. They usually are dominated by a monochrome silhouette of a pipe. Dick Bruna's father eventually became Netherlands largest publisher. His company had a bookstand at virtually every one of the country's abundant railway stations. His father meant him to be his follower, what Dick had no intention to do. Instead, his brother did, while Dick just collaborated at the company. In 1955, while on holidays with his wife and child, he saw a rabbit hopping around their house and later made attempts to draw it, thereby creating Miffy. Over the years, he worked on the graphical design of numerous books published by Zwarte Beertjes (his father's company), including The Saint, James Bond and Shakespeare. He also translated books into Dutch (Maigret).

Netherlands, 1969, Child with flute

Netherlands, 1969, Child with Violin

Netherlands, 1969, Child with Drum

Netherlands, 1969, Three choristers

Netherlands, 1969, Two dancers

Netherlands, 1995, Children looking on stars

Netherlands, 1995, Children and stars

Netherlands, 2005, Miffy

Netherlands, 2010, Dick Bruna and Annie Schmidt

Netherlands, 1969.11.11, Gravenhage. Boy with horn

Netherlands, 1995.11.27, Haag. Girl with stamp

Netherlands, 2005.11.08, Haag. Rocket