Richard Atlan

Illustrator, graphic designer and painter. Master of Plastic Arts and Art Sciences, University Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris 1 Freelance since 1986 in design / artistic direction / illustration / graphic design in publishing, communication and fashion. Creation of posters, catalogs, logos, illustrations ... At the same time, teacher in visual communication, plastic arts and graphic design for more than 20 years in higher schools of visual communication. Drawings and paintings exhibitions in Lyon, Paris, Geneva. Lives and works in Lyon. “'Women, I love you' says the song! In my own way, I say it with images and I pay tribute to them. The theme of the woman in the illustration is also a pretext to create lines and spots. The subject could be quite different: still lifes, landscapes, characters ... the expression would be the same. Illustration is a matter of style. Models, rarely or as documentation depending on the order. Memory, a lot, above all, to give complete freedom to the gesture. Using this gesture as a fundamental plastic relationship, working with maximum economy of means and an approach reduced to the essential. To put it better: evoke, suggest rather than show. Not that easy ! A quick, sure, controlled gesture otherwise everything is thrown away. So start over 10 times, 20 times, like an obsession, until you get a result that seems easy, obvious but so complex in reality. Satisfaction? Sometimes, but nothing is less certain! It could be similar to calligraphy, perhaps, in any case, it is a certain influence as are Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Lindner or Van Dongen for painters, Gruau, Antonio or Viramontès for illustrators. "