Jacques Pecnard began his career as an illustrator in 1940 a - Lot 1

Jacques Pecnard began his career as an illustrator in 1940 and continued it for nearly twenty-five years. He illustrated various publications for the Éclaireurs de France. He was one of the illustrators for Paul Gordeaux’s series *Les Amours célèbres*, published in the daily newspaper *France-Soir*, and contributed to the magazines *Elle* and *Femina*. He illustrated numerous books for Parisian publishers, such as Hachette, Flammarion, the Rouge et Or collection, and Éditions Larousse, among others. He also worked in advertising, where his involvement was ongoing. In 1971, he received the Press Illustrators’ Award[3]. Around the 1970s, he turned to painting and produced illustrations using drypoint, aquatint, and lithography. Publishers of bibliophile editions commissioned numerous works from him: *Le Grand Meaulnes*, *Ulysses*, *La Trilogie étatique*, *Jin Ping Mei*, *Religion et philosophie*, *Angelo*, *Madame de…*, *Les Rois maudits*, *Les Joues en feu*, *Rabelais*, *Les Contes*, *Les Fleurs du mal*, *War and Peace*, *Les Bouquinades*, *Le Théâtre*, *Lucien Leuwen*, *In Search of Lost Time*, *Le Fil de l’épée*, *Les Droits de l’Homme*, *Conversation with the General*, *The Poems of Léo Ferré*, *Toward the Army of Trades*, *The Centennial of De Gaulle*, *The Women of the Bible*, etc. He created a number of portraits of Charles de Gaulle. The Bibliothèque nationale de France commissioned him to design the poster for its exhibition “The Centennial of Charles de Gaulle” and exhibited his illustrations on this theme. In 1991, he participated, along with about a hundred other painters, in the major exhibition “The Colors of Life,” organized to protest the Armenian genocide and presented as a traveling exhibition in all the capitals of Europe. Around this time, he undertook a book dedicated to Léo Ferré’s poems. In 1994, Jacques Pecnard created his triptych *Hommage à la Libération* (Homage to the Liberation), commissioned by the City of Paris[4], featuring General de Gaulle, the Liberation of Paris, and General Leclerc. In 1996, at the Espace Carpeaux in Courbevoie, he organized a retrospective of his work, showcasing his work as an illustrator and painter. In 1997, Pecnard painted two portraits of President Jacques Chirac. In 1998, he was filmed by Gérard Courant for his film anthology *Cinématon*. He is entry No. 1886 in the collection. (Wikipedia).