Félix Lorioux

Félix Lorioux (* 1872 in Angers, † 1964) was a French painter and illustrator.

Life

After an apprenticeship as a glass painter, he studied art at the Academy of Angers, later, after his military service, in Paris. The encounter with the brothers of the Draeger printing the same name, introduced him to the world of advertising and the publishing house Hachette. During World War II he worked at Citroën as a draftsman.

Between 1919 and 1926 he illustrated for Hachette Charles Perrault's fairy tales. His style was considered too individual and Hachette left him in the 1930s. As a friend of Walt Disney, he was responsible for the adaptation of Silly melodies responsible before but broke up in the controversy of him. The fantastic style of Lorioux compromised the stereotypical character of the Mickey shape.

From 1943 he worked for the publisher Marcus, who gave him the illustration of the Buffon des Enfants (1943 ), later a new edition of the Fables de la Fontaine (1949 ) in order.

He illustrated several hundred albums for children and made a name for himself because of the artistic quality of his work. As an artist with a lively bar and a gifted illustrator, Lorioux painted the world from the perspective of childhood.