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Influential Illustrators 1990-2000 Tim O'Brien Research Proposal

Guy Billout (1941- )

A French born illustrator, Guy Billout has had a long career of producing clean and fresh illustrative works. Working within a modern and somewhat experimental tradition, Billout has shown his provocative works in many contemporary magazines such as Rolling Stone and Atlantic Monthly. He has also illustrator in several children's books including The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea and Something's Not Quite Right.

With his work within children's literature, he is extending his influence to a younger generation as well as contemporary art fans. Much of his work portrays experimental images, portraying things in an unnatural, yet clean manner; "His illustrations use events which challenge physics such as rivers flowing uphill and gravity-defying structures," (Vienne 1998). In his work, Billout is constantly using the incorporation of irony to make social statements or to show man as vulnerable within a larger...

He portrays "human beings as helpless in the face of natural forces," (Vienne 1998). Thus, his image of art shows life as surreal and dreamlike. This has helped influence the direction of art represented in children's literature, as well as paving out a new path for political or social commentary with creative new representations of modern life.
Image A "Ali" by Tim O'Brien www.obrienillustration.com

Image B "Light 13" by Guy Billout

http://www.guybillout.com/NewFiles/light13.html

References

O'Brien, Tim. "Bio." www.obrienillustration.com. Retrieved18 Nov 2009 from http://www.obrienillustration.com/bio.html

Vienne, Veronique. "Guy Billout's Parallel Universe." Graphis U.S. Inc. 1998. Retrieved 18 Nov 2009 from http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Publishing-industry/Guy-Billouts-parallel-universe-Helene-Gordon-Lazareff-the-tsarina-who-was-ELLE.html

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O'Brien, Tim. "Bio." www.obrienillustration.com. Retrieved18 Nov 2009 from http://www.obrienillustration.com/bio.html

Vienne, Veronique. "Guy Billout's Parallel Universe." Graphis U.S. Inc. 1998. Retrieved 18 Nov 2009 from http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Publishing-industry/Guy-Billouts-parallel-universe-Helene-Gordon-Lazareff-the-tsarina-who-was-ELLE.html
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