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Voiles Pudiques - Au bar by François Avril - Illustration
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Voiles Pudiques - Au bar

Illustration
2000
Ink
37 x 57 cm (14.57 x 22.44 in.)

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Ce fut un total coup de coeur pour moi.

About François Avril

After attending college at the Académie Röderer, François Avril published his first work in the fanzine Band' à part. It didn't take long before his economic graphic style made him sought after by various publishers and agencies. The same goes for the other artists of the so-called "École Pigalle" ("Pigalle School," named after the Paris neighborhood), a term that was reportedly coined by Avril. The most distinctive feature of the Pigalle-based artists of the mid-eighties, like Avril, Loustal, Benoît, Dupuy, Berbérian and Petit-Roulet, is that they all operate on the boundaries between graphic art, comics and publicity. Also they share the same tastes, like a preference for contemporary variants of the Hergé-like 'clear line' style, and friendships. Some of the most distinctive comics by Avril are 'Doppelgänger SA', the humorous series 'Pierrot Blouchon et Tom de Savoie' (under pseudonym: Tex Avril), 'Soirs de Paris' (with Petit-Roulet), 'El Rebelde, le Rebelle' (with Cabry) and 'Le Chemin des Trois-Places' (with Jean-Claude Götting). With Alain Lachartre, he directed the advertising cartoon 'Monsters of Space' for Malabar chewing gum in 1986. Text (c) Lambiek
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hedoniste Merci.
Jun 12, 2017, 3:27 PM
zyxon fin et sensuel, très bel achat
Jun 12, 2017, 2:54 PM
JD Que c'est beau ! Une grâce infinie se dégage de ce dessin, Avril aime les femmes, cela ne fait aucun doute, et nous aussi visiblement !!
May 14, 2017, 4:17 PM