Roland Topor (1938 - 1997) Oil On Canvas Signed

Magnificent and large oil on canvas by Roland Topor (1938 - 1997) signed Topor lower leftWe find in this canvas all the well-known enigmatic and surrealist universe of Roland Topor animated by numerous characters. Dimensions without frame 100 x 81 centimetersThis original painting can be offered in a Montparnasse type frame in carved wood.Biography: Roland Topor (1938 - 1997)A difficult to classify artist, Roland Topor is today considered one of the most important designers of the 20th century. A perpetual and insatiable creator, he put his pencil to the service of a particularly unbridled imagination: humorous drawings, illustrations for the press and publishing, posters, animated films, television programs, sets and theater costumes. Son of the painter and sculptor Abram Topor, the young Roland spent his early years in Paris, in the 10th arrondissement, rue Corbeau (today rue Jacques-Louvel-Tessier), then in Savoie where his parents, Polish and Jewish immigrants, hid from the Nazi occupier between 1941 and 1945. After the liberation, he was a student at the Jacques-Decour middle school and high school, then studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1955 and in 1958 created the cover of the magazine Bizarre, which was his first publication. In 1960, the Maison des Beaux-Arts organized his first exhibition, while his first book of drawings, Les Masochistes, was published by E. Losfeld. He also published his first short story, L'amour fou, in the magazine Fiction, to which he would regularly contribute. From 1961, Topor collaborated with the newspaper Hara-Kiri, with which he shared the cult of black, biting and cynical humor, but also, in a more rosy vein, with the magazine Elle. In 1962, with Fernando Arrabal and Alejandro Jodorowsky, he was one of the founders of the Panique movement. He is the brother of the historian Hélène d'Almeida-Topor and the uncle of the historian Fabrice d'Almeida. Topor and cinema: Attracted to animated cinema, he collaborated with René Laloux on several films, short films, and the feature film La Planète sauvage which won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes in 1973. He opened his doors to the show Italiques in 1974 alongside Fernando Arrabal. He played a few supporting roles, in Celles qu'on n'a pas eues by Pascal Thomas, L'Araignée de satin by Jacques Baratier, in Werner Herzog's film Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night, alongside Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski. Three Lives, One Death by Raoul Ruiz. Topor also produced many posters (The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff, Empire of Passion by Oshima, The Scarlet Ibis by Jean-Pierre Mocky) for the theater in Paris, in Munich for several seasons, for Amnesty International. His novel The Chimerical Tenant was adapted for the cinema by Roman Polanski, The Tenant, in 1976. Topor collaborated with Federico Fellini for his Casanova, drawing the images projected during the "magic lantern" sequence. Topor also worked for television on the children's series (started in 1983) Téléchat, directed by his close friend, the Belgian Henri Xhonneux. The series was an immediate success: 234 episodes were filmed. Against the Grain (published in 1987), co-written with Xhonneux, tells the story of Groucha's (the main character in Téléchat) world tour in 80 days. He left behind a rich and original body of work, the virulence of which has not been dulled by time. The Roland-Topor passage pays tribute to him in Paris, in the 10th arrondissement. Awards: 1961: Grand Prix for Black Humor 1970: Prix des Deux-Magots for his novel Joko celebrates his birthday [1] 1973: Special Prize for La Planète sauvage by René Laloux, to which Topor contributed greatly, at the Cannes Film Festival 1974: CABD Prize for his contribution to La Planète sauvage 1981: Grand Prix National des Arts Graphiques from the Ministry of Culture 1990: Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris