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Title: Art of Nancy Ekholm Burkert by Nancy Burkert ISBN: 0-553-01074-3 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub. Date: 01 January, 1977 Format: Paperback

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: grace and beauty
Comment: Nancy Ekhart Burkert is one of our best illustrator/artists, and though usually known for her work on classic children's stories like Snow White, this book also covers some of her other art, which is in a range of styles and is wonderful.
She often uses her children as her models, and there are some examples of these portraits; favorites are the delicate profile of Claire, in brush and colored inks, and the intense bronze sculptured head of "Rand as Skater".

The first book Burkert illustrated was Roald Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach" (1961), and there are three plates from it, as well as the jacket cover of John Updike's "A Child's Calendar" (1965), others from Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale" (1965), Edward Lear's "The Scroobious Pip" (1968), and Andersen's "The Fir Tree" (1970). It also has the jacket cover and three double-page illustrations for her award winning "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1972).

Born in Colorado, Burkert moved to Wisconsin in her youth, where she has lived, created and exhibited her art for many years. Published in 1977, this book has a lengthy introduction by Michael Danoff, with an outline of Burkert's life and describes her technique, which is a complicated process. There are many of her pencil and brush and ink sketches in this section. It is printed on good quality paper, with a semi-gloss finish.
The detail in Burkert's work will keep children of all ages fascinated for many hours, and every piece has a gentle grace and spirit that is enchanting.