Kees de Kort, beeldende kunst, illustraties en opdrachten

Kees de Kort

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	... About the work of Kees de Kort
	... 'De Kijkbijbel' or the Big Bible Story Book
	... Translated Publications
	... DVD + CR ROM
	... Special Edition
	... Copyright & Contact Information

About the work of Kees de Kort

The Dutch painter, illustrator and designer Kees de Kort started his career more than 40 years ago with the series ´What the Bible tells us´. The series, commissioned by the Netherlands Bible Society, consists of individual Bible stories issued in separate little volumes and was originally intended for children with mental disabilities.
His powerful, clear and colourful style has always appealed to a much larger audience, and now, 40 years later, there are entire generations that have grown up with the Bible stories of Kees de Kort ...

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'De Kijkbijbel' or ... Kees de Kort's Big Bible Story Book

'De Kijkbijbel' is a collection of 28 storybooks that first appeared in separate volumes as part of the series ‘What The Bible Tells Us'. All 336 drawings published in the original books have been included in the collection; look & see – tell – read – read out loud. The texts written for the drawings are based on the original texts and not direct translations of them.

The Picture Book Bible has been translated in many languages, but unfortunately not in English yet. Click on the image to see the Indonesian, Frisian, German and French translations.

For more information on the series 'What the Bible Tells Us' click here

Translated publications

The series, ‘What the Bible tells us' has been translated into ninety languages.
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DVD and CD-ROM

The animated film series ‘Look, the bible!' gives an unprejudiced view into ten of the most well known New Testament Bible stories. The 'Audio Visual Bible' is a CD-ROM adventure for children between the ages of 7 – 12.

With Kees de Kort's drawings animated by David Geertsma and music by Wim Soens, in collaboration with the Lannoo publishers and Takka Takka studio in Belgium, 2004.

Special edition

‘Een Koningskind ' ('A Kings Child') is a special edition published for, and in celebration of the birth and christening of Princess Amalia, with a text following the theme of her parents wedding ceremony two years prior.

It is the story of Ruth, written for children by the Reverend Carel ter Linden that appeared in 2004 by the publisher NBG, Heerenveen & the Flemish Bible Society, Beernem. The drawings were first published in ‘Ruth', in 1967 as part of the series ‘What the Bible tells us'.

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Copyright grants the right to the author of a work of literature, science or art to decide how, where and when his or her work is published or duplicated. This right begins when such a work of art or science is completed.

All illustrations found on this website and other paintings by Kees de Kort are owned and copyrighted solely by Kees de Kort. Should you want to reproduce any of his artworks, don't hesitate and contact us.

info@keesdekort.com

About this website

Last update december 2008
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