Jeanne Hebbelynck (née Dutry, 20 June 1891 - 8 May 1959) was a Belgian artist, children's book illustrator, and designer whose major themes were Roman Catholicism and childhood. Her extensive works were primarily for publications in French, but some also appeared in Dutch and English. She was the only Belgian illustrator to be featured in a major international exhibition in Cologne in 1988 on "500 years of books for children".Michel Defourny and Tanguy Habrand, "L'Édition pour la jeunesse en Belgique francophone", in Luc Pinhas (ed.), Situations de l’édition francophone d’enfance et de jeunesse (2008), p. 25.
Family Jeanne married Léon Hebbelynck (1878-1951) with whom she had three children: Jacques (1915-2003), Martine (1920-1942) and Geneviève (1923).
Honours Hebbelynck was made a dame of the Order of the Crown on 14 November 1936.
Works As author Quelques saintes de chez nous Madones au Pays de Flandre (1935), published in Dutch as Lieve Vrouwkes van Vlaanderen La Prière des Petits (1935), translated into Dutch as Het gebed der kleinen Le Petit Communiant (1950) Les Douzes Fruits du Saint-Esprit (1950)
As illustrator Books that Hebbelynck illustrated include: Jeanne Cappe, Trois Histoires de Noël Camille Melloy, L'Ane de Bethléem, translated into Dutch as Het ezeltje van Bethlehem Stijn Streuvels, Het Kerstekind (1934), translated into French by Gauthier d'Ys as L'Enfant de Noël Jean Mallech, La légende de la Reine Astrid (1935) Camille Melloy, Cinq Contes de Noël, translated into Dutch by Stijn Streuvels as Vijf Kerstvertellingen; English adaptation by Joan Windham as The King's Christmas Present Marie van Zeggelen, Hoe Harlekijntje aan zijn pakje kwam (1938), translated into French by Gauthier d'Ys as Les Débuts d'Arlequin Marcelle Vérité, Petites Contes de Chez Nous (1938; reissued 1950) Elisabeth Wauters de Besterfeld, La Merveilleuse Histoire de la Sainte Vierge (1940; reissued 1950)
References
Guy Zelis, Les intellectuels catholiques en Belgique francophone aux 19e et 20e siècles (Louvain, 2009) Céline Kesteloot, Jeanne Hebbelynck, haar leven en werk, met œuvre-catalogus (Leuven, 2004)
External links Jeanne Hebbelynck in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures