The Tomi Ungerer Museum and International Centre for Illustration is devoting the largest institutional exhibition so far to the cartoonist F’murrr. This exhibition covers his complete work, ranging from comics to illustration.
In the 1970s, with his series Le Génie des Alpages (Alpine Prodigy) F’murrr (1946–2018) became a widely known comic book author and soon one of the most celebrated figures in humorous comics. His philosopher-sheep, roaming among mountain landscapes that are at once idyllic and vertiginous, are imbued with a love of nonsense and the absurd that runs throughout F’murrr's work.
There are of course the graphic novels. But as well as these, we have for the first time an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the artist's creative stages, at his illustration work. Visitors will discover press cartoons as well as illustrations for publishing houses and agencies.
For this exhibition, the illustrator Camille Potte (born in 1992) has created special graphic commentaries, echoing links between the artist's legacy and contemporary creative work.
