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Jeanne Hébuterne - Couverture
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 59.4 x 42 x 1 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,120
I don't know !
Nolwenn Samson
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,169 $2,978
Aux confins de la forêt amazonienne - série Bande dessinée
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Gaulle : la danse des menhirs - série Bande dessinée
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Fuck, Fuck & Refuck
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.6 inch
$339
Tintin x La poste
Anthony Grip
Sculpture - 60 x 45 x 26 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 17.7 x 10.2 inch
$3,395 $3,055
India Taxi in Mumbai
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 75 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Success is Stressful - Mr. Monopoly & Richie Rich in Bruges
Belart Collective
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,252
Shopping day - Uncle Scrooge / Picsou & Richie Rich in Antwerp
Belart Collective
Painting - 85 x 115 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,139
Boucherie, triperie, volaille
Hervé Di Rosa
Print - 59.5 x 42.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch
$792
Bubble face III
Nef
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0 inch
$113
Super Mario Bros, Pop
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$905
La cage et la couleur des fleurs
Sandra Chevrier
Painting - 61 x 152 x 6 cm Painting - 24 x 59.8 x 2.4 inch
$25,462
La terrasse du peintre
Laurelle Bessé
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$905
Gaston found a job ! May god spare us
Kobalt
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$368
Maryline & Superman the untold story
Kobalt
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$368
Les gardiens de Persepolis
Mohammad Ariyaei
Painting - 50 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 2 inch
$2,490
Gloire à la femme
Mohammad Ariyaei
Painting - 70 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$3,961
Raminagrobis, portrait de Doudou
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 17.7 inch
$283
Rubert, portrait de Doudou
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 17.7 inch
$283
Escape
Matthew Rose
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,697
L'enlèvement de la poule aux oeufs d'or
Marabout
Print - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,037
Luxury Chanel n°5, Titi.
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$2,603
Chacun sa bonbonne et courage
Didier Gomez
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Population 13 1 1974, Population d'images
Maurice Rapin
Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,217
L'enlèvement de la poule aux oeufs d'or
Marabout
Print - 64 x 92 x 2 cm Print - 25.2 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
La cage, un nouveau monde
Sandra Chevrier
Painting - 76 x 56 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 1.2 inch
$16,861
Attrape-moi si tu peux - In the City
Nacks
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,471
Healing Greenland
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 72 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$1,132
Wonder Woman Strong X
Thierry Beaudenon
Painting - 60 x 68 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 26.8 x 1.6 inch
$1,415
Nothing but Playboy (Reporter Smurf)
Kobalt
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$368
Nothing but Vuitton (Lucky Luke)
Kobalt
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$368
Do you need a doctor ?
Nolwenn Samson
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,169
Mickey & Minnie Mouse x Love PopArt
Koen Betjes
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$508
The magic potion : the untold story (Red Bull)
Kobalt
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$368
Nothing but Vuitton (Gaston Lagaffe)
Kobalt
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$368
Bart Simpson fashion week (Beige)
Kobalt
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$368
Comics
Long considered childish and largely ignored by the mainstream, the graphic novel has had to fight for recognition and its status as the ninth art. Today, fully integrated in the art world, graphic novels are knocking on the doors of auction houses and breaking new records every time - in 2014, an original page of Tintin hand drawn in ink by Hergé was valued at 2.5 million euros.
It's a common misconception that the graphic novel was invented in America in 1896 with the creation of Yellow Kid. In fact, we can trace it back to the 1830s and Swiss artist Rudolphe Töpffer, who came up with the theory of 'mixed' literature, merging constantly evolving drawings with short storylines.
Nevertheless, at the start of the 20th century it was indeed the Americans who were the first real consumers of comics. This popularity can be partly explained by the role of the press at the time. Two huge publishers - Heartz and Pulitzer - were locked in fierce competition to attract as many readers as possible and their combined efforts to improve production paved the way for huge technical progress, with the press able to print ever greater volumes ever more quickly. At the time, comic strips appeared in the form of satirical drawings and humorous adaptations suitable for all ages, but they quickly proved so popular that the strips were grouped together in books so that they could be revisited at leisure.
The 1930s marked the golden age of the graphic novel with the birth of the first super heroes like Superman and Batman, and the emergence of the famous Marvel and DC studios.
It was a similar story in Europe across the 30s and 50s as the Franco-Belgian school established itself with the emergence of brilliant authors such as Hergé and Franquin and the cult characters of the era: Tintin, Lucky Luke, Spirou… previously considered to be reserved for younger readers, from the 60s onwards graphic novels began to take on a more adult, less puritanical approach.
The graphic novel is by now an accomplished art form with its own grand masters, but it took on a new direction and joined the ranks of art history under the impetus of the precursors of pop art: Mel Ramos, Andy Warhol and, above all, Roy Lichtenstein.
In 1961 Lichtenstein painted one of his most famous works: Look Mickey. It was the first work by an artist to use the qualities of a comic strip, and it had a decisive impact on Lichtenstein's career. From then on, the artist freely used text bubbles and drawings from various comics and adapted them into his colourful pop art.
Meanwhile, the other side of the Pacific saw the creation of an art form very similar to graphic novels, which quickly rose to prominence: manga. Although it did not establish itself in France until the late 1990s, manga traces its origins back to the beginning of the 20th century. The master of Japanese print making, Hokusai, is said to be at the origins of manga (which comes from the word for 'sketches' or 'light image'). Inspired by the ancestral arts of Kabuki as well as the Ehon and Emaki illustrations, manga saw much of its huge successes thanks to constant developments in the press.
Kitazawa Rakuten, a household name in manga, is also widely recognised as the creator of the first school of graphic novels, which boasts an impressive array of talented alumni: Naoki Urasawa, Tezuka Osamu, Tatsumi Yoshihiro, Otomo Katsuhiro…
Explore the complex and surprising world of the 9th art with this unique modern selection of paintings, full editions and drawings. Discover the works of the best known artists, alongside young emerging talents like Lenil Yu, David Leroi, Lucio Forte…