Josette Baujot
Josette Baujot | |
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Born | Josette Marie Louise Nondonfaz (1920-08-17)17 August 1920 Spa, Belgium |
Died | 13 August 2009(2009-08-13) (aged 88) |
Nationality | Belgian |
Area(s) | Colourist |
Notable works | The Adventures of Tintin |
Josette Baujot (17 August 1920 – 13 August 2009) was a Belgian artist and colorist. She is most commonly associated with fellow Belgian comics writer Hergé (Georges Remi) and his Adventures of Tintin series.
Early life
She was born Josette Marie Louise Nondonfaz in Spa, Belgium. There she studied drawing and portraiture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Liège. She married Joseph Baujot in 1944, with whom she moved to Argentina. The couple bought a vineyard there and had a son.[1]
Her life changed abruptly when Joseph was shot dead while hunting in 1953.[1] It was reported that he had been shot by members of the French or Belgian resistance who had tracked him down; however Joseph lived long enough to inform police that he had been accidentally shot by his friend.[1] Josette returned to Brussels after his death. She eventually found work at the Hergé Studios. In Brussels she met cartoonist Joseph Loeckx, also known by his nom de plume Jo-El Azara, creator of the character Taka Takata. He would remain her lifelong companion.
Career
Originally, Hergé drew the cartoons for Tintin completely in black and white. As the popularity of the cartoons increased, he hired colorists to add color to the work. Baujot was hired in 1953, and eventually became Hergé's main colorist, along with Edgar Pierre Jacobs. She arrived as work was being completed for Destination Moon (Objectif Lune).[1] Hergé was eventually very pleased with the outcome of her coloring.
Baujot developed a distinct style of coloring, involving mixing of shades as opposed to the standard use of stark, contrasting colors. She would hone her technique throughout the upcoming Tintin projects, the next being Cigars of the Pharaoh (Les Cigares du Pharaon, 1955).
Despite having differences and often arguing over ideas and plans, Hergé admired and respected Baujot, and they remained close friends. In his unfinished and final work, Tintin and Alph-Art, Hergé drew a new character named "Josette Laijot", an owner of a gallery, based on Baujot.[1]
She died on 13 August 2009.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Davison, Phil (5 November 2009). "Josette Baujot obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
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- t
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of Tintin
- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1930)
- Tintin in the Congo (1931)
- Tintin in America (1932)
- Cigars of the Pharaoh (1934)
- The Blue Lotus (1936)
- The Broken Ear (1937)
- The Black Island (1938)
- King Ottokar's Sceptre (1939)
- The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941)
- The Shooting Star (1942)
- The Secret of the Unicorn (1943)
- Red Rackham's Treasure (1944)
- The Seven Crystal Balls (1948)
- Prisoners of the Sun (1949)
- Land of Black Gold (1950)
- Destination Moon (1953)
- Explorers on the Moon (1954)
- The Calculus Affair (1956)
- The Red Sea Sharks (1958)
- Tintin in Tibet (1960)
- The Castafiore Emerald (1963)
- Flight 714 to Sydney (1968)
- Tintin and the Picaros (1976)
- Tintin and Alph-Art (1986, unfinished)
- Le Thermozéro (unfinished, unpublished)
- Borduria
- Marlinspike Hall
- Syldavia
- The Unicorn
- Other settings
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Live-action |
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- Hergé's Adventures of Tintin (1962–66)
- The Adventures of Tintin (1991–92)
- I, Tintin (1976)
- Tintin and I (2003)
- The Mystery of the Blue Diamond (1941)
- Mr. Boullock's Disappearance (1941)
- Kuifje – De Zonnetempel (De Musical) (2001)
- Tintin – Le Temple du Soleil – Le Spectacle Musical (2002)
- Tintin on the Moon (1987)
- Tintin in Tibet (1996)
- Prisoners of the Sun (1997)
- Tintin: Destination Adventure (2001)
- The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
and memorabilia
of Hergé
- Studios Hergé
- Bob de Moor
- Edgar P. Jacobs
- Jacques Martin
- Greg
- Roger Leloup
- Josette Baujot
- Jacques Van Melkebeke
- Zhang Chongren
- Category