Jean Jullien (graphic artist)

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Jean Jullien (born March 14, 1983 in Cholet ) is a French graphic artist , illustrator , video artist and photographer who lives and works in London . On the night after the terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris, he painted the symbolic picture Peace for Paris with a writing brush and published a photo of it on Twitter and Instagram, which spread worldwide within a few hours.

life and work

Jullien grew up in Nantes and studied graphic design in Quimper . He then went to London , where he completed further degrees - in 2008 at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and in 2010 at the Royal College of Art . He works closely with the musician The Coward . His work spectrum is broad and ranges from illustration , photography , video , posters and books to costumes and clothing . In 2011 he founded Jullien Brothers , a duo specializing in moving images. In 2012 he founded - together with Yann Le Bec and Gwendal Le Bec - News of the Times , a Visual Blog. After the attack on Charlie Hebdo , he responded with a graphic that held a pen against a machine gun.

Peace for Paris

During the night of the Paris attacks published Jullien on Twitter and Instagram, the photo of his spontaneous-built ink painting , which is a combination of the CND - peace sign and the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower represents. It spread around the world within a few hours - with more than 1.3 million likes on Instagram , at the French Embassy in Berlin , in front of the French Embassy in Moscow , in newspapers, posters, T-shirts, at funeral rallies. Solidarity people painted the symbol on their cheek, others reconstructed it with candles.

Despite being distributed via social media and copied numerous times, Jullien's original graphic is protected by copyright.

  • Imitation in front of the French Embassy in Moscow

  • Imitation "Peace4Paris" as a vector graphic

Jean Jullien defined his graphics to Time as a "sign of peace". He heard about the terrorist attacks on the radio, picked up a brush, drew the abstract outlines of the Eiffel Tower in a circle, photographed his drawing and posted it.

Quote

“I cannot say that I am happy. What happened in Paris is a tragedy. But I can say that there is something positive in all of this horror. People come together in a feeling of unity and peace. "

- Jean Jullien : Interview with Time , quoted in Der Spiegel

Book publications

  • 2012: Des mots globe-trotters (together with Sylvain Alzial )
  • 2014: Ralf
    • Spanish version: Ralf , 2015
  • 2015: Alceste la chouette, roi du camouflage (together with Sean Taylor )
    • English version: Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise , also 2015

Web links

Commons : Peace for Paris  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Jean Jullien  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Slate Magazine: Meet the Artist Behind the Eiffel Tower Peace Sign - Interview with Jean Jullien in English, November 14, 2015
  2. ↑ Original image on Twitter , November 13, 2015
  3. ↑ Original image on Instagram , November 13, 2015
  4. ^ Dpa : Artist Jean Jullien: A drawing goes around the world (photo series). spiegel.de, October 15, 2015, accessed on November 20, 2015 .
  5. ^ Der Spiegel : Artist Jean Jullien: "Symbol of Peace for Paris" , accessed on November 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Jullien, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French graphic artist, illustrator, video artist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Cholet