Pierre Le-Tan (1950 - 2019) was a French illustrator and painter.

Biography

Pierre Le-Tan was born on June 5, 1950, in

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, Paris to a Vietnamese father and French mother. His father Lê Phổ (1907-2001), was a painter and came to Paris to complete his studies at

Beaux-Arts de Paris The (), formally the (), is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is located on two sites: Saint-G ...

in 1937. Pierre learnt to draw from his father. It was on an American friend of his mother that he sent his drawings to the

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. At age 17, Le-Tan was commissioned by the New Yorker Magazine for his first cover, which would mark the beginning of a long collaboration with many other American publications, such as

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, ''The Atlantic, Madame Figaro,

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. Spanning over more than 50 years, Le-Tan's career included from set design for films and theaters, to designing over 100 book covers and film posters. He passed away on September 17, 2019

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References

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