Etienne delessert biography definition

  • Painter, graphic designer, illustrator, film director, publisher, and author.
  • Delessert's introduction to picture books started early.
  • He is best known by some for creating “Yok-Yok”, a popular, Swiss, animated program for children.

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    Delessert, Étienne 1941-

    Personal

    Born January 4, 1941, in Lausanne, Switzerland; son of Ferdinand (a minister) and Berengère Delessert; married Rita Marshall (a graphic designer and art director), 1985; children: Adrien.

    Addresses

    Home—P.O. kartong 1689, Lakeville, CT 06039. E-mail—[email protected].

    Career

    Painter, graphic designer, illustrator, film director, publisher, and author. Freelance graphic designer and illustrator in Lausanne, Switzerland, and in Paris, France, 1962-65; freelance author and illustrator, 1965—. Good Book (publishing house), co-founder, with Herb Lubalin, 1969-74; Societe Carabosse (animated rulle produc- tion company), Lausanne, co-founder, with Anne van der Essen, 1973-84; Record (children's magazine), Paris, art director, 1975-76; Editions Tournesol (publisher), co-founder, 1977. Exhibitions: One-man exhibitions include Art Alliance galleri, Philadelphia, PA, 1970; California State College Gallery, Long Beach, 1972; Galerie Delpire, Pari

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    I’ve said somewhere before—perhaps it was here at 7-Imp, though my online stompin’ grounds run together sometimes, meaning it might have been that crazy, whacked out, hyper-hypo cyber-world called Facebook—that, if The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art doesn’t put a halt to all their great exhibitions, I’m going to pack up my pillows and just move up there. It’d be that museum alone that would have me suffering the colder climes of the Northeast over the gentler winters of Tennessee. I’ll sweep their floors, hand out pamphlets, or stand out front with a sign board, dressed as a giant caterpillar. And I’ll even flip the board up into the air and catch it all cool, like sign board folks do. Just whatever the Museum would like. Because if you’re a giant picture book nerd, as I clearly am, it looks like it’s The Place To Be.

    Case-in-point: One of their current exhibitions is of the work of Swiss-born artist Eti

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    I’m not sure how it is that I got several review copies last year from Creative Editions, but I’m glad I did. One of them was this beautiful book, featured a couple weeks ago. The book featured today, Moon Theater (August 2009), written and illustrated by Swiss-American illustrator Etienne Delessert, was another one. This is a haunting and weird (weird = compliment) and memorable picture book. When I read it, I felt like the child version of myself taking in a Sendak book again: Both the story and illustrations have that type of mystery and beauty and slight terror nestled in them.

    I’ve only got this one spread (above) this morning to share. Wish I had more, but isn’t that beautiful? That’s the moon theater in action. You can click to see it in more detail. Look at that huge moon, getting raised to the night-time stage. That’s just creepy-good is what it is.

    Moon Theater tells the tale of a young stage hand, who—as revealed