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Free exhibition : the drawings of Sempé at the Hôtel de Ville
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The "Sempé, A Bit of Paris" exhibition invites you to look at the world through the eyes of Jean-Jacques Sempé. Over 300 original drawings, together with texts by the author, will be on display at Hôtel de Ville. From 21 October to 31 March. Free.
Translated into twenty-five languages and the creator of several thousand drawings, Jean-Jacques Sempé is one of the most famous French cartoonists. He has managed to reach every generation over the last fifty years.
More than 300 original drawings, together with texts by Jean-Jacques Sempé, will give visitors to the Hôtel de Ville the opportunity to appreciate the wealth and brilliance of a rich yet undemanding body of work, between humour and poetry.
Paris and Sempé
Sempé soon settled on the Left Bank when he arrived in Paris. Between Montparnasse and Saint-Germain des Prés, he roved curiously around the locations which brought him out of his shell (Chez Lipp brasserie, the Café de Flore, the Closerie des Lilas restaurant, the Chez Castel club, the Luxembourg Garden, etc.) and became friends with Françoise Sagan, Jacques Tati, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Savignac, René Goscinny and others.
New-York, the New-Yorker and Sempé
Sempé discovered New York in 1965. He stayed there for two weeks and passed the New Yorker building several times without daring to go in. He returned several years later, having created his first cover for The New Yorker magazine. At the request of William Shawn, the director of the daily publication, he created "Air Mail", the American equivalent of Monsieur Lambert, in which he gave his view of America. Sempé has created over one hundred covers for The New Yorker since 1978.
Practical information
From 21 October 2011 to 31 March 2012
Free exhibition at the Hôtel de Ville. Metro: Hôtel de Ville.
Daily except Sundays and public holidays, from 10am to 7pm
Last entrance at 6.30pm
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