His work is huge, commensurate with his talent. Thousands of drawings, recognizable at first sight by their simple and unique lines, by their laconic or emphatic captions, irresistible. Sempe created Petit Nicolas (with Goschini), collaborated with Modiano and Susskind, illustrated many covers. New York, but the essence of his work is timeless, his nameless creatures interchangeable characters, yet unique in their own way and above all familiar. Sempe did not paint “good men”, he painted humanity. This artist received the title of moralist. With a few pencils and a few sentences, he shed light on our situation.
Sempe had earned the title of moralist
As we flip through Sempe’s album, we see how much he shares with Pascal the conviction that we weigh little compared to the immensity of the world; “nothingness with infinity” ; his Sunday painter in front of the foliage, his man in the lost street in the city, his old woman in the temple…
Source: Le Figaro
