By Roland Topor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Roland Topor (French, 1938-1997)
Title: Nouvelles En Trois Lignes I
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph with pochoir hand coloring
Edition: Inscribed A.P (Artist Proof)
Paper: Wove
Image size: 21 x 15 inches
paper size: 25.5 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Editions Sauret, Paris, Monaco
Condition: Excellent
Description: From the suite"Nouvelles En Trois Lignes"
About the artist.
Roland Topor (January 7, 1938 – April 16, 1997), was a French illustrator, painter, writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Paris (1955-1964).
He publishes his first drawings in the review « Bizarre », his first short stories appear in the review « Fiction » in 1958. His corrosive humor leads him to collaborate with the satirical newspaper « Hari-Kiri » (1961-1965). « Masochists » his first book is edited by Losfeld in 1961. Totally tragic, absurd and grotesque , the humor he disseminates evokes more the one of Central Europe. All his creations from the beginning till the end remain provocative and bizarre.
He is mainly known as an illustrator and graphic artist and famous for combining surrealism with black humor.
Abram Topor, father of the artist came to settle in Paris in 1930 thanks to a grant from the Warsow Arts Academy. In his young age during the war, he and his family will stay for a while in Savoie trying to escape Nazis.
In 1962 he created the Panic Movement (mouvement panique), together with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Fernando Arrabal. Topor wrote the novel "The Tenant" (1964), which was filmed by Roman Polanski as The Tenant
Topor was responsible for the odd visual style of the Czech/French animated sci-fi feature La Planete Sauvage (Fantastic Planet...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
