Author · France

Gustave Blanchot GUS BOFA

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Gus Bofa alias Gustave Blanchot Gus Bofa was born in France in 1883. He began his career making his debut in 1898 in the famous magazine “Le Sourire”. Between 1905 and 1914 he studied graphic arts in Paris and, in those years, he worked as a draftsman and advertiser for “Le Rire” and “Le Sourire” becoming famous as a poster designer. After the First World War he returns to Paris and collaborates with “La Baïonette”, where he makes a comic series. He too begins to illustrate numerous great literary classics for the magazine “Le Crapouillot”, where he carries out the duties of literary critic between 1929 and 1939. His fame is testified by the prestigious series of luxury books of international classics of literature such as Swift, Voltaire, Cervantes and Guareschi., In which appear the beautiful and refined illustrations of him. In the illustrations for “Le petit monde de Don Camillo” 1956, his works are characterized by an optimistic and humorous vein.Read more

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2015Anteprima3