Geerten Ten Bosch

Geerten Maria Ten Bosch (born 21 April 1959) is a Dutch graphic designer and illustrator.

Early life

Ten Bosch was born in Dordrecht in 1959 as one of five children of Lou Ten Bosch and Ank Stumpel. One of her teachers was Alfons van Heusden. Further financing was made possible by the Nederlands Comité voor Kinderzegels. Both sisters participated in the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 2007 to exhibit their illustrations in this book.

Between 1994 and 1996, she illustrated stories written by Toon Tellegen which were published every other week in NRC Handelsblad.

In 1995, she illustrated the book Het huis van Marie written by Clara Linders.

Artist

With Harriët van Reek she formed artist collective Banketje and they went on to create various works of art. Some of these art works were purchased by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Nordic Watercolour Museum.

Awards

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (1990, De dame en de neushoorn, written by Anne Vegter) Vlag en Wimpel (1991, for Verse bekken!, written by Anne Vegter) Gouden Penseel (1996, for De verjaardag van de eekhoorn, written by Toon Tellegen)