Edmond Kiraz
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Edmond Kiraz is an French
cartoon
ist and illustrator.
of Armenian descent, Kiraz began his career as a political cartoonist after emigrating to post-World War II
Paris
. 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 has contributed regularly to Playboy Magazine.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
ist and illustrator.
Biography
Born in CairoCairo
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of Armenian descent, Kiraz began his career as a political cartoonist after emigrating to post-World War II
World War II
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Paris
Paris
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. In 1959, while he was working for the French magazine
Magazine
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Jours de France
Jours de France
Jours de France is a defunct French news magazine which was created and belonged to French industrialist Marcel Dassault. It succeeded to an earlier magazine called Semaine de France and was originally intended as a competitor to Paris Match...
, his boss, Marcel Dassault
Marcel Dassault
Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft industrialist.-Biography:Dassault was born in Paris. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, Breguet School and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Société des...
, 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 has contributed regularly to Playboy Magazine.
Cartoon collections
- 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.