Gerald Scarfe

Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE ( born June 1, 1936 in London ) is an English cartoonist, illustrator, draftsman, creator of animated films and stage designer. He also created sculptures and designed costumes. He gained worldwide fame through the design of animated videos, the stage design and the cover and booklet design for the Pink Floyd album The Wall and to the related feature film.

Scarfe is married to the British actress Jane Asher, with whom he one daughter ( born 1974 ) and two sons (* 1981 and * 1984).

  • 6.1 Notes and references
  • 7.1 videos

Cartoonist and illustrator

Scarfe drew and published cartoons since the 1960s, first in Punch, then for Private Eye, and later for Esquire, Time Magazine and the New Yorker.

In 1966, employed him as the Daily Mail cartoonist. In the same year he began drawing for The New York Times cover images, including the Beatles and was employed by it as a draftsman for reports. In 1967 he began working for The Sunday Times as a political cartoonist for which he then over 40 years every week delivered a caricature. For this Sunday newspaper he also produced images of war in Vietnam, Northern Ireland and the Middle East.

Set designer and costume designer

Scarfe designed for numerous plays, operas, ballets and musicals sets and costumes, such as in London, Houston, Los Angeles and Detroit. selection:

  • Costumes for Ubu Unchained, Traverse Theatre, 1967
  • Set design for The Big One, Dominion Theatre, 1983
  • Sets and costumes for Who's a Lucky Boy? , A musical by Alan Price, Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1985
  • Sets and costumes for Orpheus in the Underworld ENO, London Coliseum, in 1985, also listed in Detroit and Houston, 1986, London, 1987, Los Angeles 1988
  • Set design for The Merry Wives of Windsor, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, 1986
  • Sets and costumes for The Magic Flute, Los Angeles Opera in 1997 (also listed in Houston in 1998, Seattle 1999, San Francisco, 2007 )
  • Sets and costumes for Feydeau farce Le Dindon ( An Absolute Turkey) (Laurence Olivier Award ), 1993
  • Sets and costumes for the opera Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl, Los Angeles Opera, 1998
  • Costumes for Peter & The Wolf, Holiday on Ice, Paris & world tour, 2000
  • Set design for The Nutcracker, English National Ballet, 2002
  • Stage for Peter Schaufuss ' Satisfaction Ballet, based on the work of the Rolling Stones, 2006

Works

  • Gerald Scarfe, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1982, ISBN 978-0-500-27268-8
  • Scarfe by Scarfe: An Autobiography in Pictures, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1986, ISBN 978-0-241-11959-4
  • Line of Attack [ The Official Gerald Scarfe Website]
  • Expletive Deleted [ The Official Gerald Scarfe Website]
  • Heroes and Villains [ The Official Gerald Scarfe Website]
  • Drawing Blood: Forty Five Years of Scarfe Uncensored [ The Official Gerald Scarfe Website]
  • Monsters: How George Bush Saved the World - and Other Tall Stories Cover Image

Directing

Scarfe was director of the films:

  • Long Drawn -Out Trip: Sketches from Los Angeles ( also written and produced ), 1971
  • " Forty Minutes " Scarfe 's Follies (1988 )
  • " Forty Minutes " I Like the Girls Who Do (1989 ) episode of a series about the comedian Max Millar.

Animation Design

  • Hercules (1997), Walt Disney Cartoons

Exhibitions

Honors

  • Cartoonist of the Year, British Press Awards, 2006
  • Honorary Doctor of the University of Dundee, 2007
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 2008
  • Cartoon Award of the German legal profession, 2010

Swell

  • The artist's website
Punch (magazine) Esquire (magazine) Hercules (1997 film) Chicago Montreal National Portrait Gallery (London) Moritzburg (Halle) Hanover Integrated Authority File
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