Hommage

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On this page I wish to celebrate those exceptional artists who have accompanied us over the years. Here I take the opportunity to honour each of them for their unique and distinctive contribution to the world of illustration. I am forever grateful to them for their professionalism, integrity and amicable collaboration.

Yours, Margarethe Hubauer

Julian Allen

(1942 - 1998)

Julian Allen was born on September 2nd 1942 in Cambridge, England. He studied at the Cambridge College of Art and completed his post-graduate studies in Illustration and Print making at the Central College of Art in London. In 1973 his illustrations caught the attention of Clay Felker and Milton Glaser, then editor and art director of the newly created New York magazine. On their invitation Allen moved to New York to work as a contributing editor and resident artist. Julian’s illustrations have since appeared in nearly every major national and international magazine. He won numerous awards. In 1997 Julian Allen moved from his home in New York City’s TriBeCa district to Baltimore, Maryland, to fill the position of chair of the illustration department at The Maryland Institute College of Art, where his talents as chair, teacher and his charisma as an individual attracted enormous numbers of students. Julian’s life was cut short in 1998 when he succumbed to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He is survived by his wife Victoria, a son, Rubin and daughter Holly both from previous marriages.

www.julianallen.com

Ary Bergen

(1923 – 1995)

Ary Bergen experimented already as a small boy with pencils and colours in his father’s studio, a well known Hamburg painter (1886-1950). 1940 he received an assistance to gifted students at the Hansischen Hochschule für Bildende Künste. After 1945 he lived and worked as an artist at the Bodensee, before he returned to Hamburg in 1949 where he worked with his father until his death. 

From 1952 on Ary Bergen drew first title type for ‘Der Stern’, then as chief designer at the ‘Hamburger Morgenpost’ where he illustrated the daily novel, and later also for the ‘Hamburger Abendblatt’ before he got first commissions from ad agencies, like f.e. for Sprengel chocolates, one of the first illustrated campaigns. At the beginning of the 1980ies his cover illustrations for the magazine ‘Hoer Zu’ – fotorealistic genre-picutres with his typical little winks, that reminded of Norman Rockwell’s world – caught the attention of the public. Besides his works for advertising campaigns Ary Bergen illustrated close to twenty years series and novels for the magazine ‘Frau im Spiegel’.

David Grove

(1940 – 2012)

David Grove was an illustrator whose work was commissioned by a wide range of corporate, advertising, film, and publishing clients. Originally from Philadelphia, he began working as a free-lance illustrator in France and England and later moved to San Francisco. His work has won numerous awards and has been exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, and Paris.

In June 2007 David Grove was introduced into the Illustrators' Hall of Fame, New York. 'The Museum' of New York's Society of Illustrators presented David's works from June 5th to August 18th 2012.

David Grove's client list includes: American Airlines, Standard Oil, Time Warner, United States Navy, General Motors, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, Walt Disney, ARCO, Goodyear, Indianapolis 500, Pendelton Woolen Mills, Mercedes-Benz of North America, National Football League Properties Inc., Ballantine Books Inc., Bantam Books Inc., Penguin USA, Car & Driver, Road & Track, Automobile Magazines.

Book: 'David Grove An illustrated Life'

René Gruau

(1909-2004)

Rene Gruau was born in 1909 into an old Italian family as Count Renato Zavagli-Riciardelli delle Caminate. In the early 1930s, his mother moved to her native Paris where he took her family name, Gruau. Through his close friendship to Christian Dior, Gruau entered the world of advertising graphics and very soon he illustrated not only for Dior’s perfumes but for many famous luxury products. From the late 40s onward, the 'Gruau Style' blazed across the covers and pages of the world’s leading fashion magazines. Gruau’s designs, ads and illustrations characterize the graphic art of the forties and fifties as no other works have done. Retrospective exhibitions of his art have been held in Paris, Rome, Munich, Cologne, New York and Tokyo museums.

Galerie Bartsch & Chariau, München

Michel Jouin

(1936 – 2018)

Michel Jouin was born in 1936 in Saint Brice sous Forêt. At the age of 16 he started drawing and painting as an autodidact. He began his career as an apprentice in a decoration workshop specializing in the production of large film screens for cinema facades and was appointed art director after his military service..

He then decided to pursue a freelance career as an illustrator. For more than a decade he worked for the major book publishers in Paris before moving into the communications and advertising industry, illustrating national and international poster campaigns. 

From 1982 he worked in a team with his eldest son Gil (graduate of the École supérieure des arts appliqués, Paris). A successful collaboration that resulted in various awards for film posters - e.g. for the film poster Cinéma Paradiso, 1990, as the best film poster.

His experience as an illustrator later enabled him to establish himself as a painter. At first his works were inspired by landscapes from all over the world, later he turned to his passion for the animal world. His works were shown in numerous exhibitions.

Antonio Lopez

(1943 – 1987)

When Antonio, born in Puerto Rico, was seven years old, the family migrated to New York where he upon graduation was accepted to the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). He worked for Fairchild Publications and the New York Times before he began a creative and business partnership with Juan Ramos, a friend from FIT. In the early 1960s, Antonio began to free-lance for fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Andy Warhol’s Interview, where his portraits of models Jerry Hall, Jessica Lange, and Grace Jones enhanced their careers. In 1969, Lopez and Ramos moved to Paris, where they remained for seven years. They were central there with designer Karl Lagerfeld in a group of models and fashion personalities and helped introduce American Pop Art to Paris. Antonio’s career took him to Paris, Tokyo, Kyoto, Milan, Sidney, Melbourne, and other international locations. His work has been in shows in American and Japanese museums, at the Musee de la Mode in the Paris Louvre and at the London Royal College of Art.

Biographie

Galerie Bartsch & Chariau, München

Giorgio Mizzi

(1940 – 2008)

Giorgio Mizzi was born on April 13th in Milano, Italy.

Due to his artistic talent that showed already in his early childhood, he was accepted to the Scuola Superiore d'Arte im Castello Sforzesco in Milano at the age of 14. He experimented during the five years course with different media and found his favourite expression in working with aquarelles. 

He gained his first professional experience in a Milanese studio, where large sized film posters were produced. Later Giorgio Mizzi worked for many international Advertising agencies and thus gave a special personal touch to numerous advertising campaigns. 

In 1983 he moved with his family to Buxtehude in northern Germany, where he continued to work as freelance artist for the advertising industry. On the search for new forms of expression he produced paintings, often in large sizes, in order to give shape to his inner unrest that was always perceptible.

In January 2008 he died unexpectedly of heart failure. 

At present some of his art work is shown in the travelling exhibition 'Pittori Italiani della Bassa Sassonia'.

Patrick Nagel

(1945 – 1984)

Patrick Nagel, born in Dayton, Ohio, was raised and spent most of his life in Los Angeles. After serving as a Ranger in Vietnam, Nagel attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1969, and in that same year he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton. In 1971, Nagel worked as a graphic designer for ABC Television. The following year, he began work as a freelance artist for major corporations and magazines. In 1976, Nagel began to regularly contribute images to Playboy magazine, which improved his exposure and the popularity of "the Nagel Woman" image to a huge audience. Nagel's 1982 painting for the album cover of rock group Duran Duran's hit album Rio would become one of his best known images. He also worked for many commercial clients. As his popularity grew he began offering limited edition prints of his work. In 1984, at the age of 38, the artist participated in a 15-minute celebrity 'Aerobathon' to raise funds for the American Heart Association. Afterwards, he was found dead in his car, and doctors determined by autopsy that he had suffered a heart attack.

Pham Van My

(1950 - 2001)

Pham van My, born in Hanoi, emigrated in 1954 with the family to Saigon. His school time was ruled by the war. In 1967 he came to France, took his Baccalauret and studied History of Art at the Sorbonne. After four years of studies at the Academie des Arts Appliqués he graduated with a diploma for Visuelle Communication. For a year he was 'accessoriste' with Ted Lapidus, meanwhile he worked on his portfolio hoping to move into illustration work before long. In 1977 'My' started as freelance illustrator, created fashion illustration and theater costumes. Soon his work for French Fashion and Women Magazines became well-known. Also advertising agencies quickly showed interest in his concise and colourful images.

'An influencial figure was A.M. Cassandre. Naturally I also admire the work of the greatest painters Picasso and Matisse, because above everything else I adore colour. At present I do a lot of collage work, but maybe in the future I will change. No one should stay doing the same thing for too long.'

On July 29th 2001 Pham van My was aggressed and beaten to death by a group of youngsters in Paris.

Christian Royer

Born on 27 February 1939, Christian Royer, after studying the Métiers d'Arts et Arts Décoratifs in Paris, concentrated on illustration for the press, for publishing houses and for advertising. In the 1970s, he belonged to the artists known in France as 'illustrateurs à l'américaine', according to the themes he dealt with and his passion for movement. He soon joined the group represented by Patrick Witzig, and later by Margarethe Hubauer, both artists' agents, with whom he created numerous national and international advertising campaigns, magazine covers, etc. 

Enthusiastic about the freedom offered by the subject of sports, he was fascinated and inspired by related pictorial motifs in which he masterfully expressed vibrant liveliness and movement and to which he added his own light.

In later years Christian Royer turned to free painting.

Sempé

(1932 - 2022)

Everyone knows the 'Little Nick', the 'Little Dancer' and 'Mr. Sommer' as well as Sempé's innumberable drawings, which have appeared not only in French media but also regularly in the' New Yorker' and in countless illustrated books. His drawings always tell affectionately observed everyday stories of ordinary people about whom he learns the most when he watches them, as he said. From an interview he is quoted with the phrase: "To be human requires an enormous amount of bravery"; and he draws, "because I do not understand myself and because I do not understand the world". 

I think back with great pleasure and gratitude to my cooperation with Sempé - although he mostly refused my requests for advertising campaigns with the sentence: 'Oh non, je suis désolé, mais cela me renderait malheureux pendent des mois' ('Oh no, I'm sorry, but that would keep me unhappy for months'). I like to remember conversations full of friendly humour and his reliable way of working, e. g. for the print campaign of Crédit Suisse at the end of the 90s, which Sempé - thanks to the virtually tailor-made concept of the McCann Zurich creative team - put into practice with obvious pleasure.

Photo: Galerie Bartsch & Chariau, München