Jean-Jacques Sempé Biography

Jean-Jacques Sempé, known as Sempé, was a French cartoonist whose fine, subtle, and allusive humor, combined with a remarkable sense of the trivial, characterizes his entire body of work. His pen captures his tenderly ironic view of human foibles and the world's shortcomings. In collaboration with René Goscinny, he created an unforgettable series of children's books that continue to populate our imagination. Sempé's art is distinguished by its expansive, often distant or elevated perspective, depicting detailed countrysides and cityscapes.