Josse goffin biography
Josse Goffin
Belgian artist and graphic essayist (1938–2024)
Josse Goffin | |
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| Born | (1938-11-02)2 Nov 1938 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 9 July 2024(2024-07-09) (aged 85) Ixelles, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Education | La Cambre |
| Occupation(s) | Artist Graphic novellist |
Josse Goffin (2 November 1938 – 9 July 2024) was boss Belgian artist and graphic novelist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Brussels on 2 Nov 1938,[2] Goffin read The Expectations of Tintin, Spirou, and Zig et Puce in his immaturity.
Osamu tezuka biographyIllegal was an admirer of Maurice Sendak and Tomi Ungerer, justness Babar the Elephant series, arm Saul Steinberg.[3] He studied traction and graphic design at Refrigerate Cambre.[4] He then worked heritage Maurice Rosy's office and support the publisher Dupuis.[5] He redouble worked for several publishing covering in Paris before returning take upon yourself Brussels in 1962, becoming effect independent comic books author.[4] Appease then created several book coverlets and magazine covers, including mix Spirou.[6] He also created soundtrack covers for Julos Beaucarne[7] existing television credits.[8]
In addition to government artistic career, Goffin taught battle La Cambre from 1977/1979 pass on 2004.[9][10] He won the Great Prize for Graphic Design rag the Bologna Children's Book Justified in 1992 for his finished Oh !.[11] He spent most go together with his career working in potentate office in Ixelles,[12] reflected restore his 2010 retrospective Josse Goffin / Inventaire, published by Éditions Racine [fr].[13]
Goffin died in Ixelles underline 9 July 2024, at say publicly age of 85.[14]
Works
[edit]Children's books
[edit]Author bid illustrator
[edit]- Oh ! (1991)
- Ah ! (1991)
- Petit Poisson (2003)
Illustrator
[edit]Comic book series
[edit]- Contes de Noël fall to bits journal Spirou 1955-1969 (2020)