Tomi Ungerer, Untitled, published in Horrible, 1960 - Indian ink and collage
Two beautiful postcards in the Suitcase today. If you ever happen to be in Strasbourg make sure to drop in for a visit at the Tomi Ungerer Museum (Musée Tomi Ungerer - Centre International de l'Illustration) and try not to miss the Femmes Fatales exhibition if it is not too late.
Tomi Ungerer is a very prolific Alsacian artist, illustrator and writer whose creativity knows literally no borders. I don't know how many artists can claim to have a entire museum built for them while they are still alive (alright, maybe we are a little bit proud of him :-)). He is a legend, not only for Alsacian culture, but also internationally in countries like the USA, Ireland, Germany where he is still active. During his stay in the USA in the 1960's he admired and was inspired by Saul Steinberg and, like him, published drawings and illustrations in magazines such as The New Yorker and designed ads for countless products of all kinds, never keeping away from satire, in the most poetic way.
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Saul Steinberg, Parade, 1952 - mixed media on paper
These doodles below remind me of Mr Stafford's work!
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly who they reminded me of too!! :-o
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