The Attic #12 ✦ Pierre Etaix
Hello! How are you doing?
Am I seeing it right and it's the 12th issue?? A whole year of inspirational snippets!??? Wow, I think I deserve a cookie!! *goes to her secret cookie stash and grabs one*
Okay! Let's do this! This issue is filled with things I love: A clown, comedian, filmmaker AND great illustrator, a funny picture with too many hats and very few heads to wear them, a colorful poster, a horror animated short, a fun album cover, a preventive ad and a fantastically illustrated jazzy book you cannot miss!
✧An artist: Pierre Etaix✧
According to the intro on wikipedia, Pierre Etaix (1928 – 2016) was a French clown, comedian and filmmaker. But that's not all, he also studied graphic design, worked as an illustrator and he did some really nice work! That's the part that I'm going to be showing you today, more specifically the work he did of Monsieur Hulot's world.
I adore Jaques Tati's movie Mon Oncle and I'd always loved the poster. The first time I saw this poster was at one of my oldest friend's home, their parents are both designers and they had some really nice posters on the walls. I was very little but I remember I loved it.
I didn't know Pierre Etaix was the author of that poster, and the day I looked for more info I found these other versions, which are super nice as well, but my jaw hit the floor when I saw some of his line illustrations of Monsieur Hulot's universe, which I think I may already have shared them with you, but they are so good that I don't care! I mean, please LOOK AT THOSE:
✧A photograph: Head View✧
✧A poster: Festivals d'Été Graz✧
✧A short: The Tell-Tale Heart✧
We just left halloween season, but I thought I'd share this 1953s horror animated short. The narrator, the art style and the story fit so well.
✧An album cover: Come to the fair✧
✧An ad: La Prevention Routiere✧
✧A book: The First Book of Jazz✧
This book is such a treat for the eyes. It's available at the digital collection of Yale University Library and I do really, really, REALLY recommend checking it out!
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To wrap up a year of The Attic, I can only feel grateful for your feedback, recommendations and, in short, for your company this whole year. Thank you!
I hope this little newsletter brought you joy, made you feel more inspired and eventually introduced you to some new (old) artists. I still have lots of things to share, so if you'd like, I'll see you next month right here: up in the Attic :)
✧The links✧
✦ Pierre Etaix sketches - Tumblr
✦ Head View by William Vanderson
✦ Come to the Fair - Flickr
✦ The First Book of Jazz - Yale Library
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