Martine’s bio


MARTINE BRAND’S BIO

Fashion illustrator, Classic painter, editor at large and executive film producer

MAGAZINES & PRESS

Vogue Italia, Vogue Spain, Vogue Portugal, Vogue Holland, Vogue USA, Vogue China, Vogue Rusia, L’Uomo Vogue, Vanity Fair, L’Officiel Italia, L’Officiel Holland, L’Officiel Hommes, Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’s Bazaar Art, Numero Rusia, Numero Paris, Marie Claire, Marie Claire Catwalk, Photo Magazine, Bolero Men, Bolero Women, Nouveau including The Horoscoop, Elegance Magazine including The Horoscoop, Qvest Men, Qvest Women, Linda Magazine, Glamour magazine, Chapeau, Residence Magazine, Jan Magazine, nominated for award by Red magazine and Viva magazine, Jan magazine. Algemeen Dagblad newspaper, Parool Newspaper, De Telegraaf Newspaper, Metro, Spits, The New York times.

FASHION BLOGGER

Fashion blogger, author and illustrator for L’Officiel Italia, Vogue, Finest Residences, Fashion collaboration with Author Antonio Manlio Nieto.

ADVERTISING / ADVERTORIAL

Piaget, Chopard, Chanel, Chanel Men, Dior, Dior Men, D’Porthault, Dior, YSL, Louis Vuitton, Valentino, LVMH, YSL, Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, Giorgio Armani, Giorgio Armani Men, Versace, Prada, Maison Fabre, Ferrari, Sylivia Toledano Guerlain, Guerlain, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Elie Saab, Guerlain, Cartier, Tom Ford, Martini Russia, Balenciaga, Balmain, The Efteling, Walt Disney, Kidada Jones (daughter of Quincy Jones, producer of Michael Jackson), Emily Snider of J. Crew, and many others.

ILLUSTRATED & PAINTED PORTRAITS

Her Majesty Queen Máxima of The Netherlands for The Soestdijk Royal Palace, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands for The Soestdijk Royal Palace, The Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia for The Constantine Palace of Saint Petersburg, Sheikh Walid Juffali, the Prince Al-Walid ben Talal ben Abdelaziz Al Saoud, Michel Haddi for the art curator Princess Sheika Lulu Al-Sabah of Dubai, Karl Lagerfeld for Condé Nast, Anna Wintour for Condé Nast, Claudia Schiffer, Le Louvre Arts Décoratifs, Naomi Campbell Le louvre Arts Décoratifs, Kate Moss for Matchboox, Scarlett Johansson for Chanel Haute Couture Pearls, Phoebe Philo for LVMH, award of Young Fashion Designers, John Galliano for Masters of Fashion Dior, Natalia Vodianova for Shalimar by Guerlain, Bettina Graziani for Hubert de Givenchy, Giorgio Armani for Condé Nast, Donatella Versace for Condé Nast, Viktor & Rolf for Condé Nast, Franca Sozzani Prada, Carine Roitfeld for Condé Nast, Lady Gaga for Condé Nast, Grace Coddington for Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs for Condé Nast, Emmanuelle Alt for Maison Marginal, Gwyneth Paltrow for Restores, Alice Hertz Sommer Poster Campaign.

COLLECTIONS BY MARTINE BRAND”, Collector Books

In the fashion collector books “Collections by Martine Brand”, Martine illustrates the catwalk of the major labels such as Chanel, Dior, Giorgio Armani, YSL, Louis Vuiton, Versace, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Balenciaga, Prada, Givenchy and Tod’s, and many others. COLLECTION BY MARTINE BRAND is published in 30 countries and distributed by Condé Nast and The National Magazine Company (Comag) in 2,167 in the best bookstores, museum stores, boutiques and press agencies, such as Harrods, Selfridges, Corso Como 10, Giorgio Armani store, Hermès Boutique, YSL boutique, Mondadori, Colette, WH. Smith and Bijenkorf, Bruna, Arts Décoratifs Le Louvre, Le bon Marché, and many others. COLLECTION BY MARTINE BRAND is published in prime time during the Fashion Weeks, Haute Couture Weeks and displays promotional posters major cities, airports, metro, front tables and window displays in Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, London, New York. Martine Brand works with the stylist Benjamin Galopin, assistant of Carine Roitfeld at VOGUE Paris, Anna Brambilla for Vanity Fair Italia, Mary Fellowes, former assistant of Isabella Blow at British Vogue). Among the personalities who wrote forwards for her are Tom Florio, former Publisher of Vogue USA, Bertrand Dijan (D.Porthault and Dior), the art curator Jean-Christophe Ammann, the UBS Director Ramie Haddad and Werner van den Belt, Art Curator for the Royal Palace.

HAUTE COUTURE, BY MARTINE BRAND AND BRUNO BISANG, Book

Haute Couture is a bookazine showcasing photos by Bruno Bisang and illustrations by Martine Brand, featuring Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbel, Carla Bruni, Helena Christensen, Linda Evangalista and Yasmeen Ghaury.

MY LOVE, Book & Movie

MY LOVE is a book and a movie dedicated to Kate Moss, born from the collaboration between Martine Brand and the fashion photographer Michel Haddi. Her first job as an executive film producer for the fashion boxing Movie ROMA directed by Michel Haddi.

COLLABORATIONS

Martine Brand’s illustration was published in Masters of Fashion Designers for John Galliano, published by Agostini Publishers.

ART

Martine Brand’s classic master paintings are made from oil paint on panel. Martine uses the chiaroscuro, lighting technique from the 16th Century as well as the technology of that time. Her subjects are often inspired by strong women wearing the latest fashion or of the catwalk and jewelry from the major fashion designers. Even though Martine graduated successfully from the Fashion Academy as well as the Art Academy, she learnt this classical technique from her grand-mother Loeki Kleijn who has painting in her blood, a family member of the renowned Dutch landscape painter Johannes Kleijn, student of Andreas Schelfhout. Martine’s paintings were shown at the Grand Palais Paris, the Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg, Art Monaco, an illustrated portrait at Art Dubai with the art curator Sheikha Lulu Al-Sabah, at the Pierre Cardin Museum, the Arts Décoratifs Le Louvre, Art Cologne, Fine Art Cologne, Art Rai, Art Rotterdam, Pan Amsterdam, Luxury fair Amsterdam, Art Miami, Contemporary Art Fair North Sea Jazz Singer Museum Laren. Together with art curator Jean-Christophe Amman. Banks such as UBS Bank and ABN AMRO collect her work. Martine presently works on a Royal show in the Palace Soestdijk, titled “ROYALS IN FASHION” with Her Majesty the Queen Duchess Maxima. Art curator Werner van der Belt is the art Curator for this project. Martine was nominated for the award of Federale Internationale Culture Price Française for her oil painting. Collectors around the world contact her for portrait assignments. Art collectors, art curators, dignitaries, sheiks or members of the Royal House are among her clients and collect her oil paintings as well as her fashion illustrations. Martine painted prestigious interieur for private clients around the world.

EDITOR AT LARGE

  • Martine was editor-at-large for many art book publications for renowned fashion photographers and different editors, such as teNeues, Taschen and Condé Nast.
  • Vanity Fair backstage Milano by Michel Haddi for Condé Nast
  • Bruno Bisangn 30 years of Polaroids, Te Neues
  • Cologne Catwalk book, also Jury member of Cologne Catwalk 2014 Ralf Daab.

CHILDREN BOOKS

Martine Brand worked for children books editors Kluitman, Castermann, Penguin books, Matchboox Publishers, illustrating for award winning authors like Tjibbe Veldkamp, Sjoerd Kuijper, Marion van De Coolwijk, The Brothers Grimm’s fairytales for The Efteling, and Kidada Jones, Quincy Jones’s daughter, CBJ for Walt Disney and The Puzzlemen, together with the film producer Cary Woods, Kat of Kabul by Philip Freriks.

EXECUTIVE FILM PRODUCER

Martine was Executive film producer for “Roma” Boxing fashion movie directed by THE fashion movie director Michel Haddi.