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Talented and handsome Benjamin Lacombe

05/29/201305/03/2019 by Viola

Talented and handsome Benjamin Lacombe
Born in Paris in 1982, French artist Benjamin Lacombe got his education in the most prestigious French public university of art and design. In particular, Parisian “Ecole des Arts Decoratifs”, E.N.S.A.D., which he entered in 2001. In addition to his studies, he worked as an advertising and animated movie artist. He completed his first comic series at the age of 19, along with a few illustrated books. Benjamin Lacombe’s project ‘Cherry and Olive’, creatively written and beautifully illustrated, was published in March 2006. In 2007 it was released by Walker Books (USA) and nominated one of the top 10 children’s books for the year 2007 in the U.S.A. by the prestigious weekly news magazine Time. Since then, Benjamin has written and illustrated numerous books.

Talented and handsome Benjamin Lacombe, French artist — French artist Benjamin Lacombe

He has worked with Albin Michel, Barefoot Books (USA), Edelvives (Spain), Hemingway Korea (Korea), Milan, MaxMilo, Sarbacane, Soleil, Walker Books (USA) and Le Seuil Jeunesse, the publishing house which has issued most of his books.

Benjamin exhibits his beautiful work in the art galleries in New York, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, etc.

Eight classical tales evoked by a double page with ingenious mechanism, in a magnificent book which associates technical exploit and artistic talent. Here are the characters of the most famous tales: Alice, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard, Peter Pan, The Little Red Riding Hood, Mrs butterfly, Poucette staged by Benjamin Lacombe.