The illustrator María Hesse (Huelva, 1982) This will be Saturday day 10 will be in the Bodega Queen roads (Sober) by the hand of the Agrasa Libraría of Monforte To present your latest book Fear. The prestigious Taschen editorial has the author in her list of the best illustrators in the world. His work has been translated into more than 15 languages and published in dozens of countries.
These are your recommendations
Before the appointment, in an interview for this newspaper, María Hesse recommends in illustrated books Botanical furor of Laura Agustí, A house in the city of Ill ros y The voice of the oracle of Liv Strömquist.
In unluved books he opts for Hormal smellof Julia Peró y Mothers don’t of Katixa Agirre.
-Hesse’s trajectory
María Hesse was born in Huelva, although she is Sevillian of adoption, and from an early age she showed an interest in drawing and plastic arts. Study Fine arts And later he specialized in illustration, developing a personal style characterized by female figures of large eyes, bright colors and an aesthetic that combines dream elements with references to pop culture.
His jump to fame came with the publication of Frida Kahlo: A biographywork in which the life of the Mexican painter through their illustrations. The success of this work catapulted her internationally, getting her work to be translated into various languages and distributed in numerous countries.
Subsequently, he has published other illustrated biographical works such as Bowie: A biography y The pleasureconsolidating its own style that mixes biographical elements with personal and artistic interpretations of its protagonists. His ability to reinterpret others through their particular look has been one of the elements most valued by specialized criticism.
