Elephant and Crocodile

Max Velthuijs was born in The Hague in 1923. In 1944 he finished his studies in graphic design and art at the Academy in Arnhem, and after the war he designed political prints and posters, and was then commissioned to design various posters, stamps, book covers, animated films and advertisements, for which he has received many awards. He has had many one-man exhibitions in Dutch galleries. In 1968 he illustrated a book for Nord Sud Verlag in Switzerland, and the next year his own picture book appeared, entitled THE BOY AND THE FISH. Since then he has always illustrated his own stories. He has taught at the Art Academy in The Hague.