Edmond Kiraz
Edmond Kiraz, born Kirazian (25 August 1923 – 11 August 2020)[1] was an Egyptian-born French-Armenian cartoonist, painter, and illustrator.
Biography
[edit]Edmond Kirazian (or Kirazyan) was born on 25 August 1923 in Cairo, and was of Armenian descent. He was named after French writer Edmond Rostand.[2]
Kiraz started painting from an early age, and had apprenticed under Armenian artist Ashot Zorian.[2] Kiraz began his career as a political cartoonist at age 17 (without formal artistic training) in Egypt.[citation needed] Kiraz later studied at the Nubarian National College in Cairo.[2] He emigrated post-World War II to Paris.[2]
In 1950 he created the comic strip, Line.[3] In 1959, while he was working for the French magazine Jours de France, his boss, Marcel Dassault, had him move from politics to humor. As time passed, Kiraz developed a distinctive and humorous pictorial style of representing women that he called Les Parisiennes: very thin, with long legs, small breasts, and a pouty face. His cartoons are often not only humorous but slightly naughty or erotic, and since 1970 he had contributed regularly to Playboy magazine.[4]
Cartoon collections
[edit]- Lissi, Diogène, 1954.
- Carnet de belles, Pulcinella, 1959.
- Les Parisiennes (Parisian Women), Denoël, 1963.
- Les Parisiennes au volant, Denoël, 1966.
- La Parfaite Secrétaire, Denoël, 1967.
- Parlez-moi de moi : les Parisiennes, Denoël, 1973.
- Sonate à quatre mains, Filipacchi-Denoël, 1978.
- Les Femmes de Kiraz, Plon, 1985.
- Les Parisiennes se marient, Assouline, 1994.
- Je les aime comme ça (I Like Them That Way), Denoël, 2000.
- Jamais le premier soir (Never the First Night), Denoël, 2001.
- Kiraz dans Playboy (Kiraz in Playboy), Denoël, 2002.
- Elles et moi (The Girls and I), Denoël, 2003.
- Mini drames, Denoël, 2005.
References
[edit]- ^ "Décès d'Edmond Kiraz, le dessinateur des élégantes "Parisiennes"". Le Parisien (in French). 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ a b c d Բախչինյան, Արծվի (2020-08-21). "ՈՉ ԵՎՍ Է ՓԱՐԻԶՈՒՀԻՆԵՐԻ ՀԱՅԱԶԳԻ ՆԿԱՐԻՉԸ" [No More Parisian Painters]. Ազգ (in Armenian). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Kiraz". Lambiek.net. August 15, 2020.
- ^ "EDMOND KIRAZ (American, b. 1923). Playboy cartoon illustration, | Lot #93043". comics.ha.com.
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