ETIENNE DELESSERT



Swiss illustrator (1941)

Biography:


Etienne Delessert was born in Lausanne in 1941. But he lived in Connecticut, United States. From 1959 to 1974 he worked as advertising graphic dessigner in Switzerland, Paris and New York. In 1967 he publishes his first book Sans fin, la fête for Harlin-Quist editors. In 1973 he founded Carabosse Society in Lausanne, which designed strip cartoons for television. In 1975 he is given a retrospective in Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. In 1977 he founded Editions Tournesol, giving the possibility to publish to young illustrators. Well-known throughout the world, he has largely contributed to the renewal of children books.

Graphic award in Bologne in 1981 and 1989.
Golden Plaque d'Or in Bratislava in 1979.


Etienne Delessert, author of illustrated works:


L'arbre, illustrated by Eléonore Schmid, éd. Quist/Ruy Vidal, 1960.
J'aime pas lire, Gallimard, 1992.
Bas les monstres, Bayard, 1994.
Les chats, Gallimard, 1998.

Other works:
Strip cartoon in Carabosse workshop: Yok Yok, Supersaxo


Works illustrated by Etienne Delessert:



Eleonor Schmid, Sans fin, la fête, ed. Harlin-Quist, 1967, rééd. éd. Gallimard, 1986
Eugène Ioesco, Contes n°1 - Contes n°2, éd. Harlin-Quist, 1969-1970.
Piaget, Comment la souris reçoit une pierre sur la tête et decouvre le monde, L'Ecole des Loisirs, 1971. A mouse digs a tunnel to build his house. But a rolling stone pulls it down and the mouse has to go outside. He discovers the sun, the moon, the night, the clouds and all that belongs to our world.
Le Roman de Renard, Gallimard, 1977.
Oscar Wilde, Le Prince heureux, Gallimard, 1977.
Le Roman de Renart, Gallimard, 1977.
Edgar Allan Poe, Le scarabée d'or, Gallimard, 1978.
Rudyard Kipling, Histoires comme ça, Gallimard, 1983.
Madame de Villeneuve, La Belle et la Bête, Grasset, 1983.


Critical analysis on Etienne Delessert:


Etienne Delessert, Gallimard, 1991.
Etienne Delessert : dessins, gravures, peintures et films, Musée des Arts décoratifs, 1975.
P. Vassali and A. Rausch, Etienne Delessert, éd. Carte Segrete, 1992.