Christian Broutin

Christian Broutin (1933, Chartres, France) is a biography painter and illustrator. In 1953, he got the Professorship of Drawing of the City of Paris as he entered the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers d’Art. He has worked in advertising, cinema and publishing. His venture into advertising and cinema resulted in over a hundred cinema posters working under the poster artist Rene Ferracci. In publishing, he has illustrated ranging from science fiction to Guy de Maupassant’s works and has crafted an extensive legacy with several books under Gallimard Jeunesse including Boats, Town, Trees, Volcanoes and In the Jungle. Broutin’s artistic journey blends realism with artistic expression. Awarded the Toulouse-Lautrec prize for Jules et Jim, he received the Grand Prix de l’Affiche Française in 1983. In 1996, his whimsical Eiffel Tower graced a postage stamp, showcasing Broutin’s versatile artistic brilliance. As he puts it, “I have drawn since I was a child. I didn’t think I would make it a job, as it was my way of breathing.”