FRANCE
André François
lost most of his life's work to fire
Paris, France, January 31, 2003 - Back in december a devastating
tragedy hit the great Hungarian-born French artist, André
François. A fire in his studio consumed most of
his life's work. François himself spent a week in the hospital
and was released. Milton Glaser of Illustrators'
Partnership proposed to Laeticia Wolf, editor of
Graphis magazine, to mount a tribute to this remarkable and
influential artist from his many friends and colleagues around the
world. Graphis agreed to support the initiative.
Paris-Match, friends and the world, mourn Mose
Paris, France, January 21, 2003 -
Mose, the grand old man
of French cartooning, is dead. Born Moïse Depond,
he worked under the pen name of Mose, mostly for Paris-Match.
His visual gags (see an example above) proved to be very adaptable
for animation. He created over 50 animated cartoons, among them
Bonjor Paris and the TV series Romeo.
The cover of the
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Courrier International
and the FrenchMuseum of Contemporary
History team up for big show
Paris, France, October 16, 2002 - 300 original
cartoons from 95 cartoonists representing 34 coutries will be shown
at an exhibition titled "Un nouveau monde?" (A new world?).
The show will feature nine sections:
- New economy (globalization, internet)
- New wars (Kosovo, Afghanistan)
- New terrorism (september 11th, bio-terrorism,
hackers)
- New international justice (International Criminal
Tribunal of the Hague, Pinochet, Milosevic)
- New Europe (the euro, the opening to the East)
- New threats (Mad cow, genetically modified
organisms, weather)
- New frontiers (cloning, reproduction, space)
- New society (homosexual marriage, youth, etc.)
- New medias (Press, internet, television).
The organizers (Courrier International
and the French Museum of Contemporary History) will also publish
a book of the exhibition complete with the authors' biographies.
The show will be held in the heart of Paris, at the Invalides (next
to Napoleon's tomb) between October 18 and December 7, 2002.
Victor Hugo as seen by caricaturists
Paris, France, July 5, 2002 -
An exhibition at La Maison de Balzac 4 rue Raynouard, in Paris and will
stay on until September 1, 2002. A fully illustrated monograph in French
has been published under the same title (Victor Hugo raconté par
la caricature) by Paris Musées. It's available at 15 Euro in French
bookshops.
Auction in Paris
Paris, France, May 28, 2002 -
Scores of cartoons from the archives of Georges Wolinski were auctioned
off at the end of May at the "Hôtel des Ventes du Palais"
in Paris.
Louis Mitelberg
dead at 82
Paris, January 9, 2002
- The cartoonist who lampooned Charles de Gaulle and a host
of political leaders for dozens of years, died on January 7, 2002. Louis
Mitelberg, cartoonist and sculptor, died in a Paris hospital at the
age of 82.. The cause of his death may have been related to a heart attack
he suffered seven month ago. Born on January 23, 1919 in Kaluszyn, Poland,
Mitelberg moved to Paris in 1938 to study architecture. According to the
Associate Press, he joined the French army a year later and was captured
by the Nazis in 1940. He escaped to Russia in May 1941, then made his way
to London where he joined the French Resistance and began his career as
a cartoonist. After the war he was naturalized in France. He received three
medals, including the prestigious Croix de Guerre - the War Cross - for
his wartime service. Mitelberg, who worked for the weekly magazine L'Express
from 1958-1990, wrote his cartoons with a mixture of fierce wit and stinging
sarcasm. One of Mitelberg's favorite targets was de Gaulle, who was featured
in the cartoonist's first book "Une Certaine Idee de la France"
("A Certain Idea of France"), published in 1969. His drawings
also appeared in various American publications such as Time, Newsweek,
and The New York Times. Mitelberg is the 1982 recipient of the Distinguished
International Cartoonists Award.
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