Cover artist RIP
RIPThe French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, maker of more than 100 covers for the New Yorker, has died ‘en vacances’, aged 89.
He was especially fond of orchestras.
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A wonderful man.
RIP
The triangle is harder to play than one thinks.
He was much more than cover artist – one of two fathers (the other was René Goscinny) of immortal petit Nicolas!
Merci M. Sempé. Votre humour et votre finesse sont éternels.
And did wonderful cat drawings, too!
He was especially fond of orchestras and also the jazz greats: Duke Ellington most of all. What a talent he had for capturing the essence of music-making. Thank you so much for thinking of him. Rest in peace, Sempé. So many people grew up with your cartoons.
An artist of beauty who touched the heart.
Il était le meilleur. RIP.
Sweet irony, nothing political, nothing mean, he will be missed….
I have a lovely little book of his drawings, out of print but available.https://www.amazon.com/Musiciens-Folio-French-Sempe/dp/2070412105
They must’ve just performed Ravel’s Bolero.
Likelier Liszt E-flat piano concerto!