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Nome legale: Ambrus, László Győző (birth name)
Altri nomi: Ambrus, Victor G.
Ambrus, László Győző (birth name)
Data di nascita: 1935-08-19
Data di morte: 2021-02-10
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Hungary (birth)
UK (naturalized)
Luogo di nascita: Budapest, Hungary
Luogo di residenza: England, UK
Istruzione: St. Imre Cistercian College, Budapest, Hungary (1945-1953)
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (1953-56)
Farnham Art School
Royal College of Art (1957-60)
Attività lavorative: Illustrator
Children's Author
Relazioni: Chapman, Glenys (wife)
Organizzazioni: Pastel Society UK
Premi e riconoscimenti: Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Fellow, Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers
Gulbenkian Scholarship
Breve biografia: Victor Ambrus (born László Győző Ambrus, 19 August 1935) was a British illustrator of history, folk tale, and animal story books. He also became known from his appearances on the Channel 4 television archaeology series Time Team, on which he visualised how sites under excavation may have once looked. Ambrus was an Associate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers. He was also a patron of the Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors up until its merger with the Institute for Archaeologists in 2011.

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Victor Ambrus, in all his incarnations in Picture books (Dicembre 2016)

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Drawing Animals di Victor Ambrus

Ambrus is one of my favorite illustrators. I really admire his linear style especially the tiny hatching done to show the direction of hair or form. This book of his is just one to drool over (or practice by copying the drawings), it's not a step-by-step instruction book. Instead it's a showcase of Ambrus' drawings of animals. Most of them done on location at zoos or wildlife parks, some are of pets, horses from a friend's stable or cattle in the fields. Little notes on the pages describe a bit about his working conditions, his preferred drawing media (graphite and charcoal- he's not afraid to smudge!), and something about the techniques he uses to capture likeness of living animals that are moving around. Basically his advice is: start with large basic shapes, work in the details later. There are also brief paragraphs telling some facts about the wild animals, which I read with interest. He enjoys sketching at the zoo... It's a book I return to again and again to admire someone else's skill and hope to emulate.

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jeane | Jan 10, 2018 |

Sultan's Bath, The di Victor G. Ambrus

Cool old book for to have in a personal library. I can't imagine this in a school library, but I would read it to my children in the future. Cool story with beautifully bright illustrations!

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RuthFinnigan | Jun 8, 2015 |

Brave soldier Janosh di Victor G. Ambrus

Janosh, the only man in his village to have traveled from it, recounts to everyone in a tavern how he bested Napoleon's soldiers and became friends with Napoleon. Everyone believes him, except for one young man who sneezes; the author explains that in Hungary, sneezing means you don't believe. After Janosh tells his tale, he leaves the tavern.

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raizel | Jun 14, 2013 |

Grandma, Felix and Mustapha Biscuit di Victor Ambrus

Felix the cat tries to eat Mustapha Bistuit, the hampster, every time Grandma leaves to go shopping. The hampster is voctorious each time, leaving Felix bald and scarred. Grandmea knits multicolored clothing for Felix who ends up being the laughing stock of all alley cats.

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esproull | May 1, 2012 |

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