ILON WIKLAND: CARLSON WAS BORN IN PARIS
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.11.2009 18:58 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "In 1955, Astrid Lindgren, finishing her work on
the book of stories about Carlson, sent me the manuscript, so I was
able to create an image of Carlson.
After some time I presented her the first image of my Carlson,
looking at which she said: "No, it’s not my Carlson. After that, I was
looking for an image of Carlson for 6 months in Paris, where once on
the street I saw a man in overalls, with disheveled hair, and I said
myself: "This is Carlson! So he comes from Paris, " Ilona Wikland ,
the world-famous illustrator of books teller Astrid Lindgren said at
the opening of the exhibition "Carlson, who knows how to fly".
Exhibition of works by Ilon Wikland in the Yerevan-based National
aesthetic center will run until December 3. The exhibition is
organized by the Swedish office, consulate of Estonia in Armenia,
"Youth achievements of Armenia" organization in the framework of events
dedicated to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.
"The event will give us the opportunity to reiterate the importance of
public attention to the fundamental rights of children, " Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Armenia,
Hans Gunnar Aden said.
Students’ miniatures on children’s rights have been presented in
Armenia.
"Within 2 months, students of 20 schools from all regions of Armenia
participated in the contest . The teams discussed the rights of
children, and then wrote scripts and prepared small plays," "Youth
achievements of Armenia" director Armine Hovhannisyan said.