I sketched while I was at the public screening in the beer garden of the restaurant
“Bierstindl” in Innsbruck during the World Cup 2018. Brazil was playing against
Switzerland, the final score was 1-1.
Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who
served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, from January 1997
to December 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel
Peace Prize. (Quoted from Wikipedia.org)
Klaus-Peter Wolf (* 12. Januar 1954 in Gelsenkirchen) ist ein deutscher
Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor. Seine Ostfrieslandkrimis entwickelten sich
rasch zu einer Kultkrimireihe. Die Romane hielten sich monatelang in den Top Ten
der Spiegelbestsellerliste für Taschenbücher. Die letzten drei,
„Ostfriesenfeuer“, „Ostfriesenwut“ und „Ostfriesenschwur“, stiegen von Null
jeweils direkt in der Erstveröffentlichungswoche auf Platz 1 ein. (Zitiert von Wikipedia.org)
Georges Perec (7 March 1936 in Paris – 3 March 1982 in Ivry-sur-Seine) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the “Oulipo” group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was murdered in the Holocaust, and many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play.
Kylian Mbappé (born 20 December 1998 in Paris) is a French professional
footballer who plays as a forward for Paris Saint-Germain and the France
national team. At the age of 19, he has been labelled the best young player in
the world, and has been projected as the future best player in the world.
A Wiener Melange (German for "Viennese Blend") is a speciality coffee drink similar to a cappuccino. The difference is sometimes assumed to be that the Melange is made with milder coffee but the Viennese coffee company Julius Meinl describes a Wiener Melange as "one espresso shot served in a large coffee cup topped with steamed milk and milk foam".
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer
and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th
century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the
King".
Gustav Peichl (born 18 March 1928 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian
architect. Gustav built the EFA Radio Satellite Station in Aflenz Austria. He is
also a caricaturist (using the pen name Ironimus). He was a member of the
international jury that chose Carlos Ott as the architect for the Opera de la
Bastille in Paris, in 1983.
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist,
literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best
known internationally for his 1980 novel “Il nome della rosa” (The Name of the
Rose), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical
analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.
Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21,
2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the
Civil Rights Movement. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles
including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. (Quoted from
Wikipedia.org)
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan, who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. He has been called "the most important Japanese artist working in the West during the 20th century". His Book of Cats, published in New York by Covici Friede, 1930, with 20 etched plate drawings by Foujita, is one of the top 500 (in price) rare books ever sold, and is ranked by rare book dealers as "the most popular and desirable book on cats ever published". (Quoted from Wikipedia.org)
I was born in Valenciennes (Northern France) in 1974 to a French mother and an Austrian father. I live near Innsbruck in Austria where I work as a freelance illustrator. Some of my works (caricatures, cartoons and illustrations) have been published in books (Ernst Klett Verlag, dtv Verlag, Oebv, riva Verlag, Westermann Gruppe) and printed on posters and T-shirts (www.vesteesquerda.com.br). I regularly participate in international cartoon and caricature contests where my drawings were shown in many catalogues and exhibitions.
Drawing insects
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Every year I teach a course in scientific illustration at work, and one of
the assignments that my students have is to draw an insect from close
observation,…
Cancellation
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It is with regret that I have had to cancel my forthcoming Amuse Bouche
solo exhibition at the Town House gallery in Spitalfields, scheduled for
later this...
White House Hiring
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