Xavier Saint-Just

Xavier Saint-Just pseud, of Georges Neczpal (age unknown) was a 20th-century French artist, painter and illustrator. He illustrated ads for many of the top magazines during the 1950s and 1960s.^[1] He is most widely regarded as a children's book illustrator but also created erotic art under the slight name variation of Xavier Saint-Justh into the 1980s.^[2] His whimsical style of art was very influential and is still imitated by illustrators today. Among the best-known of Saint-Just's art works are his Bambi paintings which were commissioned for a children's book by Felix Salten, they have been reproduced on everything from clothes and handbags to cigarette lighters .

Bibliography

• Les Cavernes de la Rivière Rouge. (The Caves on the Red River). by Claud Cenac. Published Magnard 1967
• The Mischievous Kitten. by Yvonne Cruwys. Published London, Ward Lock, 1966.
• The Adventures of Bambi. by Felix Salten.
• La Chèvre et Les Biquets - d'après Les Frères Grimm. (The Goats and the Bridge - by the Brothers Grimm). Published France, Bias, 1967

References

1. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1967: January-June By Library of Congress. Copyright Office
2. idbury prints gallery of Justh lithographs Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.