Lot no. 32
Philippe DRUILLET
Salammbô
Mâtho - Chapter 3
India ink on card for the
plate 7 from this album published in 1986 by
éditions Dargaud. Signed. From the artwork
by Gustave Flaubert. 80 × 60 cm.
Philippe Druillet is an aesthete
of science fiction. He is an
innovator who loves energy
and excess, controlled madness
and incandescent drawing that
transforms every medium into a
unlimited field of experimentation
where the power of fantasy
can fully express itself.
Through works such as
The 6 Travels of Lone Sloane,
La Nuit and Salammbô, he created an explosive
universe; he developed
a baroque and monumental style,
sometimes intimate, but often
but often based on emotional shock
based on a daring sense of
bold direction. Founder
with Moebius and Jean-Pierre
Dionnet of the magazine Métal Hurlant,
this lover of painting, literature
literature and cinema has always
has always enjoyed exploring new
worlds: illustration, sculpture
multimedia works. George Lucas,
creator of the Star Wars saga
has acknowledged the importance
influence on his work as a
filmmaker.
Philippe DRUILLET
Philippe Druillet is an aesthete
of science fiction. He is a
innovator who loves energy
and excess, controlled madness
and incandescent drawing that
transforms every medium into a
unlimited field of experimentation
where the power of fantasy
can fully express itself.
Through works such as
The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane,
La Nuit and Salammbô, he established a
universe; he develops
baroque and monumental style,
sometimes intimate but often
based on an emotional shock, which
which is based on a sense of
bold direction. Founder
with Moebius and Jean-Pierre
Dionnet of the magazine Métal Hurlant,
this enthusiast of painting
literature and cinema has always
always liked to be confronted with new
illustration and sculpture,
multimedia works. George Lucas,
creator of the Star Wars saga,
has recognised the importance
influence on his work as a
work.
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