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Graham Percy (7 June 1938 – 4 January 2008)〔() http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/graham-percy-childrens-illustrator-who-took-a-cerebral-approach-to-his-work-769268.html Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 was a New Zealand-born artist, designer and illustrator.〔() http://www.artistsalliance.org.nz/html/whatson_details.php?id=42955 Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 His work was the subject of ''The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy'', a major posthumous exhibition of his work which was shown at galleries throughout New Zealand including City Gallery Wellington,〔(http://citygallery.org.nz/exhibition/the-imaginative-life-and-times-of-graham-percy ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 Gus Fisher Gallery Auckland,〔(http://www.artistsalliance.org.nz/html/whatson_details.php?id=38669 ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui,〔(http://www.sarjeant.org.nz/site/pages/exhibitions/past-exhibitions.php?searchresult=1&sstring=percy#1329343062667S ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 the Rotorua Museum〔(http://www.artistsalliance.org.nz/html/whatson_details.php?id=41632 ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 and the Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill.〔(http://www.artistsalliance.org.nz/html/whatson_details.php?id=42955 ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 ==Life== Graham Percy was an artist, designer and illustrator.〔() http://www.artistsalliance.org.nz/html/whatson_details.php?id=42955 Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 He was born in Stratford, New Zealand and studied at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland. After graduating in the early 1960s, Percy worked as an illustrator for the New Zealand School Journal and collaborated with other Auckland-based writers and artists. He designed the typography for a number of Colin McCahon's exhibition invitations and set up one of New Zealand's first design consultancies with Hamish Keith. 〔() http://citygallery.org.nz/exhibition/the-imaginative-life-and-times-of-graham-percy Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 During this period he designed covers for ''The End of the Golden Weather'' and ''The Pohutukawa Tree'' by Bruce Mason.〔() http://www.hastingscityartgallery.co.nz/whats-on/micronaut-wide-world-imaginative-life-and-times-graham-percy Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 In 1964, Percy received a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art in London. From late 1964 until the end of his life, he lived and worked in London as an illustrator and artist. 〔() http://citygallery.org.nz/exhibition/the-imaginative-life-and-times-of-graham-percy Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 He was the production designer on the 1973 animated film Hugo the Hippo 〔Hugo the Hippo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_the_Hippo Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕〔. () http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10707393 Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 While working on the film he met his second wife, the photographer Mari Mahr.〔(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/graham-percy-childrens-illustrator-who-took-a-cerebral-approach-to-his-work-769268.html ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 For much of his career, Percy specialised in children's books, illustrating more than 100 works for children .〔() http://www.artistsalliance.org.nz/html/whatson_details.php?id=42955 Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 In later years, he produced a body of his own independent art for adults. 〔(http://www.sarjeant.org.nz/site/pages/exhibitions/past-exhibitions.php?searchresult=1&sstring=percy#1329343062667S ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 In 1994, Chronicle Books (San Francisco) published a book of his drawings for adults, ''Arthouse''. In 2007, a further series of his drawings for adults, 'Imagined Histories' was published, supported by the Scottish Arts Council.〔(http://crear.co.uk/ ) Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 .〔() http://www.hastingscityartgallery.co.nz/whats-on/micronaut-wide-world-imaginative-life-and-times-graham-percy Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 Graham Percy died on 4 January 2008. 〔() http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/graham-percy-childrens-illustrator-who-took-a-cerebral-approach-to-his-work-769268.html Retrieved on 1 June 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graham Percy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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