Francois Avril

Francois Avril was born in 1961 in Paris. A graduate of the National School of Applied Arts and Craftsmanship, he got his start as an illustrator for magazines, advertising and publishing. He has created comics and children's books, and has exhibited his artwork in Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam, Brussels, Strasbourg and Tokyo. Like Petit-Roulet, he is a member of the "Pigalle School" of the mid-1980s named after the Paris neighborhood, known for contemporary variants of the ligne claire style.

Francois Avril was born in 1961 in Paris. A graduate of the National School of Applied Arts and Craftsmanship, he got his start as an illustrator for magazines, advertising and publishing. He has created comics and children's books, and has exhibited his artwork in Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam, Brussels, Strasbourg and Tokyo. Like Petit-Roulet, he is a member of the "Pigalle School" of the mid-1980s named after the Paris neighborhood, known for contemporary variants of the ligne claire style. See less