| Tomi
Ungerer |
 |
| Nationality - French |
Profession - Author |
| Date of birth - 28 Nov 1931
|
Date of death - Still with us |
| Place of birth
- Strasbourg : |
|
Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg on November 28, 1931.
His father's died in 1935 and due to his family's precarious financial situation, they wese forced to move to a little vilage called Logelbach, near Colmar. The quiet scenery that sorrounded the local area was a clear source for some of Ungerer's later work.
Another event that marked Tomi's childhood was the German ocupation of Alsace. During the war, Tomi's school had to teach in German and his house was requisitioned by the German Army.
In 1956, and with just $60 in his pocket, Tomi moved to United States. Ursula Nordstrom, working for Harper & Row, gave him an oportunity and the following year he had his first book published, 'The Mellops Go Flying' (1957).
|
|
He quickly became one of America's most sought-after advertising and publishing illustrators. Most famous for his prize-winning children's books, he also produced adult books and political posters.
Tomi Urgerer also has a strong interest in eroticism - his book, 'Erotoscope' is the fruit of nearly forty years of his artistic genius, and demonstrates his exceptional scope, from fornicating frogs to kinky passion and hilarious human sex situations.
Tomi has profound views on sex and eroticism. He says, "Eroticism is a mother of invention, a jack of all trades, inspiring rites and games. The human body is the finest toy that ever was. When tickled, it can laugh, tweaked it kicks, whipped, it can whinny and whine. For my pen, my brush or my pencil, it is a source of inspiration as beautiful as nature itself."
One of his school teachers called him 'a wilfully perverse and subversive individualist'. |
|
|
Tomi Ungerer
bibliography - 0
listed |
|
 |
Click
on one of the Tomi
Ungerer books below
for details on synopsis, first edition issue
points, a picture of the book, and collectors
information |
|
| Tomi
Ungerer books Wee
have for sale |
|
|
All
the Tomi Ungerer
books listed below are currently for sale
on our website - we may have some others in
stock so please ask if you don't see the title
you're looking for. |
|
|
|
|
|
