Genius
of the pencil
Tomi Ungerer
The world of Tomi Ungerer knows no borders. Dynamically
creative, his multifaceted career makes him difficult to categorize.
Born in Alsace,
he has lived and worked in New York, Canada, Ireland and Strasbourg imbuing his
work with a multicultural edge.
Tomi is an award winning illustrator and a trilingual author. He has
published over 140 books ranging from his much loved children’s books to his
controversial adult work. He is famous for his sharp social satire and his
witty aphorisms and he ranges from the fantastic to the autobiographical.
His career has also encompassed Architectural design, Invention,
Advertising and Sculpture. Ungerer’s work forms an important commentary on the
social and political changes that have occurred since the second half of the
20th century. He is renowned for his iconic Advertising campaigns and political
posters against the Vietnam War and Racial Injustice which were representative
of the burgeoning political consciousness in New York in the 1960’s.
His political engagement has continued to this day in campaigns against
Racism and Fascism, for Nuclear disarmament, Ecology and numerous Humanitarian
causes including important campaigns for European integration and in particular
for Franco-German relations.
In 2003 the
Council of Europe chose Tomi Ungerer as their first Ambassador for Childhood
and Education and in 2007 the Tomi Ungerer Museum in Strasbourg opened its
doors to the public and has since been voted one of the 10 best museums in
Europe by the Council of Europe.
Children’s Books Written and Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer
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Books
for Adults
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The Mellops Go Flying, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1957.
Sechs
kleine chweine, Munich, Georg Lentz Verlag, 1962.
Mr Mellops baut ein Flugzeug, Zurich,
Diogenes Verlag, 1978.
Les Mellops font de l’avion, Paris, L’École des loisirs, 1979.
Adelaide, das fliegende Känguruh, Zurich,
Diogenes Verlag, 1980.
Escargot,
où es-tu ?, Paris, Circonflexe, « Aux couleurs du monde », 1992.
Tremolo, Zurich, Diogenes
Verlag, 1998.
Die Blaue Wolke, Zurich, Diogenes Verlag, 2000.
Le
Nuage bleu, Paris, L’École des loisirs, 2000.
Neue Freunde, Zurich, Diogenes Verlag, 2007.
Amis-amies, Paris, L’École des loisirs, 2007.
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Horrible.
An Account of the Sad Achievements of Progress, New
York, Atheneum Publishers, 1960.
Tomi Ungerer’s Weltschmerz. Eine Bilanz
der traurigen Errungenschaften des Fortschritts, Zurich, Diogenes Verlag, 1961.
Fornicon, Paris, éd. Jean-Claude Simoën, 1978.
Freut Euch des Lebens. 101 Skizzen und Studien für
ein deutsches Volks- und Kinderliederbuch, Zurich,
Diogenes Verlag, 1975.
Cartoon Classics, Zurich,
Diogenes Verlag, 1982.
Tomi Ungerers Tierleben, Zurich, Diogenes Verlag, 1990.
Les Animaux de Tomi Ungerer, Paris, L’École des loisirs, 1990.
Photographies 1960-1990, Heidelberg, Braus, 1990.
Europolitain, Strasbourg,
Anstett, 1998.
Hallali, Strasbourg, Argentoratum, 1999.
Vögel, Zurich,
Diogenes Verlag, 2004.
Expect
the Unexpected, Zurich, Diogenes Verlag, 2006.
Mes
cathédrales, Strasbourg,
La Nuée bleue/DNA, 2007
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