2024-04-09 17:21:31
Xavier Richard, an emblematic figure of Finistère, died this Monday April 8 at the age of 61. He was particularly known for having created the famous bigoudène of the brand “À l’aise Breizh” in the 90s.
Nicknamed “El Globos”, the artist Xavier Richard died this Monday, April 8 in Finistère, as reported The Telegram. The famous Breton designer notably gave birth in 1996 to the famous bigoudène of the brand “À l’aise Breizh” founded by Erwann Créac’h.
“A good living”
On Having become the emblem of Brittany, the illustration had conquered the entire department, and well beyond, to the point of being stuck on the back of more than a million cars.
“He was a bon vivant and with him, there was not five minutes without a joke,” Erwann Créac’h told Le Télégramme.
“He was an important figure in the company and he will always remain so. We will miss him a lot,” he added, praising his “creativity” and his “freedom of thought”. According to him, El Globos had the “talent to capture the present moment in his stroke of pencil as much as in his play on words”.
The centerpiece of Les Charrues
Xavier Richard was also known for having worked for many years on the posters and decorations for the Les Vieilles Charrues festival.
“If you know someone as funny as him, introduce him to me,” Jean-Jacques Toux, programmer of Vieilles Charrues, told Télégramme. Xavier was a ray of sunshine, a poet who exuded a lot of love and who gave potato to everyone,” he continues.
The man had “the desire to bring people together”, confides Jean-Jacques Toux to France Bleu Breizh Izel. “People, young people, old people, from all social categories, behind a project”. According to Le Télégramme, the Breton cartoonist leaves behind a little boy, Nino, now 6 years old.
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