André François was born to a Hungarian family in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timisoara, Romania). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (1932–33). He moved to Paris in 1934 and entered to the atelier of the famous poster artist Adolphe Cassandre (1935–36). He became a French citizen in 1939.
He worked as a painter, sculptor and graphic designer, but is best remembered for his cartoons, whose subtle humour and wide influence bear comparison to those of Saul Steinberg. François initially worked for French leftist newspapers (eg. Le Nouvel Observateur) and illustrated books by authors such as Jacques Prévert, but gradually reached a larger audience, publishing in leading magazines of the United Kingdom (Punch) and in the United States (The New Yorker). He also did a masterpiece cover illustration of the 1965 UK Penguin paperback edition of “Lord of the Flies.” He became a close friend and collaborator of cartoonist Ronald Searle. He was member of Alliance Graphique Internationale. He died in his home in Grisy-les-Plâtres in Val-d’Oise department in 2005.
For full biographical notes on André François see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 and 2 also.
This is part 3 of a 3-part post on the works of André François:
1966 Les Rhumes (The Common Cold):
1966 Les Rhumes (The Common Cold):
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| Les Rhumes (The Common Cold) Front Cover |
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| 1966 The Common Cold |
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| It is not easy to get rid of a Cold. |
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| Some people stay in bed for days if they catch a Cold. |
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| (Ma Mère tient un bon Rhume) My Mother has a good cold |
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| 1967 The New Yorker February 18 |
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| 1967 The New Yorker June 17 |
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| 1967 The New Yorker September 23 |
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| 1967 A Penguin Book Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner |
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| 1968 The New Yorker April 6 |
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| 1968 The New Yorker July 20 |
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| 1968 The New Yorker December 28 |
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| 1969 The New Yorker July 26 |
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| 1969 The New Yorker September 27 |
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| 1970 The New Yorker May 16 |
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| 1970 The New Yorker August 1 |
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| 1970 You are Ri-di-cu-lous |
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| 1971 The New Yorker February 13 |
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| 1971 The New Yorker May 15 |
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| 1971 The New Yorker July 10 |
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| 1971 The New Yorker October 16 |
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| 1971 The New Yorker December 11 |
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| 1971 L’humeur vagabonde movie poster |
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| 1973 The New Yorker March 10 |
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| 1973 The New Yorker May 12 |
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| 1974 The New Yorker June 24 |
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| 1974 The New Yorker August 26 |
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| 1974 The New Yorker October 21 |
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| 1974 The New Yorker December 30 |
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| 1976 The New Yorker August 9 |
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| 1977 The New Yorker July 11 |
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| 1977 The New Yorker November 21 |
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| 1978 The New Yorker July 10 |
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| 1978 The New Yorker December 25 |
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| 1979 The New Yorker February 12 |
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| 1979 The New Yorker December 3 |
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| 1981 The New Yorker April 6 |
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| 1982 la Truite movie poster |
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| 1983 The New Yorker July 25 |
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| 1984 The New Yorker April 2 |
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| 1985 The New Yorker April 1 |
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| 1986 The New Yorker January 6 |
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| 1986 Max mon amour movie poster |
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| 1987 André François published by Harry N. Abrams Inc. |
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| 1988 The New Yorker April 25 |
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| 1989 The New Yorker September 25 |
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| 1990 The New Yorker January 29 |
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| 1991 The New Yorker July 1 |
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| Advertisement for Le Nouvel observateur (date not found) |