- André François
André François (born André Farkas;
November 9 ,1915 –April 11 ,2005 ) was a French cartoonist.He was born to a Hungarian Jewish family in Temesvár,
Austria-Hungary (nowTimişoara ,Romania ), He studied at theAcademy of Fine Arts inBudapest (1932-33). he moved toParis in 1934 and entered to the atelier of the famous poster artist AdolpheCassandre (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 . François initially worked for French leftist newspapers ("Le Nouvel Observateur ") and illustrated books by authors such asJacques Prévert , but gradually reached a larger audience, publishing in leading magazines of theUnited Kingdom ("Punch") and theUnited States ("The New Yorker "). He became a close friend and collaborator ofRonald Searle . He was member ofAlliance Graphique International .He died in his home in
Grisy-les-Plâtres , in theVal-d'Oise département.References
*Anne-Claude Lelieur et Raymond Bachollet, "André François", Bibliothèque Forney, 2003, ISBN 2843311160
External links
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C60-1591132%2C00.html Obituary] in "
The Times "
* [http://www.pbase.com/csw62/andre_francois André François at Pbase]
* [http://www.askart.com/askart/f/andre_francois/andre_francois.aspx André François at AskArt]
*fr icon [http://www.artelio.org/art.php3?id_article=1013/ André François's 2004 exhibition at the Centre Pompidou]
*ro icon [http://www.evz.ro/article.php?artid=255605 "Timişoreanul André François, un caricaturist celebru"] , in "Evenimentul Zilei "
* [http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/2003/?id=198 Art Directors Club biography, portrait and images of work]
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