Vic Duppa-Whyte (1934–1986) was a British paper engineer and
author
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for
pop-up books.
Born in
Southern Africa
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, Duppa-Whyte moved to the United Kingdom before attending college. After graduating from the
Ealing Art College
Ealing Art College (or Ealing Technical College & School of Art) was a further education institution on St Mary's Road, Ealing, London, England. The site today is the Ealing campus of University of West London.
History
In the early 1960s the S ...
in London, he started designed promotional items and
packaging for companies.
In 1969, Duppa-Whyte started creating children's books with pop-up inserts to fulfill a contract. By 1983, he started concentrating on these books, producing them on the
human body, the US
Space Shuttle
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,
Halley's Comet
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, and the
British Royal family. Duppa-Whyte also taught three dimensional art at
Kingston Polytechnic
, mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress"
, established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute
, type = Public
, endowment = £2.3 m (2015)
, ...
in London.
Duppa-Whyte died in 1986 in South America.
Influence
Paper engineer
David A. Carter recalled his friendship with Duppa-Whyte, “...while I was in London, I spent some time with him in his studio. He showed me all of his work and we talked a lot...He was another John Strejan-type paper engineer...Vic would show me things off the shelf and the paper engineering was just incredible – the things he would make happen. He was working on ''The War of the Worlds'', which has never been published, but he actually had the spaceship floating in the air. It had a couple of little tiny pieces supporting it, but it was floating in the air. It was just incredible! "
Paper engineer Graham Brown once noted his favorite paper engineer was Duppa-Whyte, “...I worked with
imon The Legend of King Arthur and the Round Table. I enjoyed the collaboration greatly because he was a brilliant paper engineer and a very laid-back guy. Unfortunately, he died before it was completed.... In my opinion he was probably the most original and creative paper engineer around."
Selected biography
Ann Montanaro’s reference book, ''Pop-Up and Movable Books'', lists more than a dozen pop-up books by Duppa-White.
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Collection
The Vic Duppa-Whyte, paper engineer, papers, ca.1940 – 1986, are held at the Archive of Art and Design, Victoria & Albert Museum., ca. 500 files.
Exhibitions
References
External links
Worldcat Identities
Vic Duppa-Whyte
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British writers
Children's books
Pop-up book artists
1934 births
1986 deaths
Academics of Kingston University