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This medal has been designed by Ronald Searle and minted in France to commemorate the Hungarian-Jewish artist and illustrator, André FRANÇOIS, (1915 – 2005). 

 

This medaille has been designed by the outstanding English illustrator, painter and medalist Ronald SEARLE.

 

 

André François (9 November 1915 – 11 April 2005), born André Farkas, was a Hungarian-Jewish French cartoonist. 

 

Ronald William Fordham Searle CBE, RDI (3 March 1920 – 30 December 2011) was a British artist and satirical cartoonist. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series.

 

av. The portrait of André François

rv.  The symbolic scene

 

diameter – 68 mm (2¾“)

weight – 253.10 gr, (8.93 oz)

metal – bronze, mint patina, it comes with the original box 

 

Life

He was born to a Hungarian Jewish family in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timişoara, 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 humor and wide influence bear comparison to those of Saul Steinberg. François initially worked for French leftist newspapers (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 the United States (The New Yorker). He became a close friend and collaborator of Ronald Searle. He was member of Alliance Graphique International.

He died in his home in Grisy-les-Plâtres, in the Val-d'Oise département.

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Ronald William Fordham Searle

Searle received much recognition for his work, especially in America, including the National Cartoonist Society Advertising and Illustration Award in 1959 and 1965, the Reuben Award in 1960, their Illustration Award in 1980 and their Advertising Award in 1986 and 1987.

In 1961 he moved to Paris, leaving his family and later marrying Monica Koenig. In France he worked more on reportage for Life and Holiday and less on cartoons. He also continued to work in a broad range of media, and produced books (including his well-known cat books), animated films and sculpture for commemorative medals, both for the French Mint and the British Art Medal Society. In 1965, Searle completed the opening, intermission and closing credits for the popular comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Since 1975 he and Monica live and work in the mountains of Haute Provence.

His work had a considerable influence on later cartoonists, including Pat Oliphant, Matt Groening, Hilary Knight and the animators of Disney's 101 Dalmatians. In 2005 he was the subject of a long BBC documentary on his life and work by Russell Davies. In 2007 he was decorated with France's highest award, the Légion d'honneur.