Saturday, March 27, 2021

La Poste France Jean Carzou Artwork

LA POSTE FRANCE in 1976 issued a First Day Cover stamp and maxi card by Jean Carzou entitled "La Princesse Lointaine." He was the first French painter whose work appeared on a French postal stamp and he was the member of the jury at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Additionally, he was awarded France’s National Order of Merit and was elected to the Academie des Beaux-Arts in 1977.

Carzou was a French–Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator, whose work also illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus.

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