# Pierre Le-Tan

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{{Short description|French illustrator and painter (1950–2019)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Pierre Le-Tan
| birth_date         = June 5, 1950
| death_date         = September 17, 2019
| occupation         = Illustrator, painter
}}

'''Pierre Le-Tan''' (1950 - 2019) was a French illustrator and painter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2019-10-04 |title=Pierre Le-Tan, Illustrator With a Quiet Touch, Dies at 69 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/arts/pierre-le-tan-dead.html |access-date=2023-03-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodgson |first=Moira |title='A Few Collectors' Review: Touring Their Cabinets of Curiosities |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-few-collectors-book-review-pierre-le-tan-touring-their-cabinets-of-curiosities-11648126950 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Pierre Le-Tan was born on June 5, 1950, in [Neuilly-sur-Seine](/source/Neuilly-sur-Seine), Paris, to a Vietnamese father and French mother. His father [Lê Phổ](/source/L%C3%AA_Ph%E1%BB%95) (1907–2001) was a painter and came to Paris to complete his studies at [Beaux-Arts de Paris](/source/Beaux-Arts_de_Paris) in 1937. Pierre learnt to draw from his father. It was on advice of an American friend of his mother that he sent his drawings to ''[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)''. At age 17, Le-Tan was commissioned by ''The New Yorker'' magazine for his first cover, which would mark the beginning of a long collaboration with many other American publications, such as [''Vogue''](/source/Vogue_(magazine)), ''The Atlantic'', ''Madame Figaro'', [''Fortune''](/source/Fortune_(magazine)) and ''[Harper's Bazaar](/source/Harper's_Bazaar)''.

Spanning over 50 years, Le-Tan's career spanned designing sets for films and theaters, to designing over 100 book covers and film posters. He died on September 17, 2019, in [Villejuif](/source/Villejuif).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Diderich |first1=Jennifer Weil, Joelle |last2=Weil |first2=Jennifer |last3=Diderich |first3=Joelle |date=2019-09-18 |title=Illustrator Pierre Le-Tan Dies |url=https://wwd.com/feature/illustrator-pierre-le-tan-dies-1203291329/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-20 |title=French Artist Pierre Le-Tan Leaves an Indelible Mark |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/remembering-pierre-le-tan |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Category:20th-century French painters
Category:21st-century French painters
Category:French children's book illustrators
Category:French editorial cartoonists
Category:French production designers
Category:French people of Vietnamese descent
Category:The New Yorker people
Category:20th-century French male artists
Category:21st-century French male artists

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