André François (9 November 1915 – 11 April 2005), born André Farkas, was a Hungarian-born French cartoonist.
Life
He was born in Temesvár,
Austria-Hungary
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(now
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
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Romania
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), He studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts
The following is a list of notable art schools.
Accredited non-profit art and design colleges
* Adelaide Central School of Art
* Alberta College of Art and Design
* Art Academy of Cincinnati
* Art Center College of Design
* The Art Institute ...
in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
(1932–33). He moved to Paris in 1934 and entered to the atelier of the famous poster artist Adolphe
(1935–36). He became a French citizen in 1939.
He worked as a painter, sculptor and graphic designer, but is best remembered for his cartoons, whose subtle humor and wide influence bear comparison to those of
Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914 – May 12, 1999) was a Romanian-American artist, best known for his work for ''The New Yorker'', most notably '' View of the World from 9th Avenue''. He described himself as "a writer who draws".
Biography
S ...
. François initially worked for French
leftist newspapers (''
Le Nouvel Observateur
(), previously known as (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation. Its current editor is Cécil ...
'') and illustrated books by authors such as
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...
, but gradually reached a larger audience, publishing in leading magazines of the United Kingdom (''
Punch
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* Punch (combat), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist
* Punch (drink), a wide assortment of drinks, non-alcoholic or alcoholic, generally containing fruit or fruit juice
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Places
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'') and the United States (''
The New Yorker
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''). He also did a masterpiece cover illustration of the 1965 UK Penguin paperback edition of
Lord of the Flies
''Lord of the Flies'' is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Themes ...
. He became a close friend and collaborator of
Ronald Searle
Ronald William Fordham Searle, CBE, RDI (3 March 1920 – 30 December 2011) was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's S ...
. He was member of
Alliance Graphique Internationale
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.
He died in his home in
Grisy-les-Plâtres, in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674. département.
Publications
* ''Les Larmes de Crocodile = Crocodile Tears.''
* ''Neuf'' No. 9. Paris: Maison de la Médecine, 1953. .
* ''The Tattooed Sailor.'' (Introduction by
Walt Kelly
Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip '' Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Studios, contr ...
.) New York: Alfred Knopf. 1953.
* Paris:
Delpire, 1955. .
* ''Crocodile Tears.'' London:
Faber and Faber, 1955. . Translated by E.M. Hatt.
*''Double Bedside Book''
Exhibition
*2009:
Rencontres d'Arles
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festival
See also
*
Musée Tomi Ungerer/Centre international de l'illustration
References
*Anne-Claude Lelieur et Raymond Bachollet, ''André François'', Bibliothèque Forney, 2003,
Shahn, Ben, "The Gallic Laughter of Andre Francois," Horizon, May 1959, Volume I, Number 5, pp 108–121, (American Horizon, Inc., a subsidiary of American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc.)
External links
Obituaryin ''
The Times
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André François's 2004 exhibition at the Centre Pompidou
"Timişoreanul André François, un caricaturist celebru"
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History and profile
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Art Directors Club biography, portrait and images of work
1915 births
2005 deaths
Artists from Timișoara
Hungarian emigrants to France
French cartoonists
Hungarian cartoonists
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
French male painters
Hungarian painters
Hungarian sculptors
20th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
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