Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé (French:; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2022), was a French cartoonist.He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, Le Petit Nicolas, and also for his poster-like illustrations, usually drawn from a distant or high viewpoint depicting detailed countrysides or cities. [1] For decades, he created covers for The New Yorker.

Jean-Jacques Sempé naît à Bordeaux le 17 août 1932 [2]. « Mon enfance n'a pas été follement gaie. Elle était même lugubre et un peu tragique », confie Sempé dans un entretien avec Marc Lecarpentier [3]. Enfant naturel, son « père adoptif », « Monsieur Sempé », est représentant de commerce.Quand celui-ci, à bicyclette, réussit à vendre dans les épiceries de sa ville natale ...

Aug 22, 2022 · Postscript for J. J. Sempé: a salute to the French cartoonist and longtime cover contributor to the magazine, who died on August 11th.

Aug 11, 2022 · Jean-Jacques Sempé, the French cartoonist known in America for children’s book illustrations and for covers for The New Yorker portraying tiny, gentle people with big noses at poignant moments ...

During the 1950s, Jean-Jacques Sempe's cartoons appeared in an increasing number of magazines, including Constellation (1954-1960), Almanach Vermot (1955-1960) and Marie-Claire (1959-1964).

Aug 19, 2022 · The world mourns the loss of one of its most talented artists, Jean-Jacques Sempé.

Apr 30, 2018 · The latest cover for the magazine, “Biking in the Rain,” is by Jean-Jacques Sempé—or J.J., to his New Yorker readers. It's Sempé’s hundred and eleventh cover for the magazine, a record ...

Aug 29, 2022 · Françoise Mouly interviews the French artist J. J. Sempé’s widow, Martine Gossieaux, about “Morning Music,” Sempé’s cover for the September 5, 2022, issue of The New Yorker.

Aug 18, 2022 · A t the edge of the gigantic sea, his clothes left in a pile, his arms hugging his shivering body, a frail, tiny figure wondered whether to take the plunge. In an immense plain, under a huge black ...

Jean-Jacques Sempé was a French artist best known for his whimsical often ironic editorial illustrations. View Jean-Jacques Sempé’s 395 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available works on paper, prints and multiples, and books and ephemera for sale and learn about the artist.