Ylipe

"Philippe Labarthe" redirects here. Not to be confused with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe.

Philippe Labarthe, pseudonym Ylipe (9 January 1936 – 8 March 2003) was a French humorist, artist, and writer.[1][2]

He was born in Bordeaux and studied Fine Arts there before moving to Paris to work as a cartoonist, painter and aphorist.[1] He signed his cartoons φlipe, using the Greek letter phi (φ) in place of the first three letters of his forename.[3] Maurice Nadeau misread the Greek φ as a Latin y and the name Ylipe stuck.[3]

In the 1960s he contributed to Arts, L'Express, and Lettres nouvelles,[1][2] and signed the Manifesto of the 121 opposing the use of torture during the Algerian War.[3] He later exhibited paintings in New York and Paris under his own name, with backing from Eugène Ionesco and Jacques Prévert.[1][2]

In 2000, a back injury prevented him painting and he returned to writing aphorisms.[4] His writing and painting often exhibit black humour;[2][5] Dominique Noguez described him as a "sparkling misanthrope" (French: misanthrope étincelant).[5] He died of lung cancer, having refused medical treatment.[5]

Bibliography

Books
[6]
  • Magloire de Paris (in French). Éric Losfeld. 1961.
  • Aqua Toffana (in French). Jean-Jacques Pauvert. 1962.
  • Leçons de chose (in French). privately printed. 1965.
  • Textes sans paroles (in French). Le Dilettante. 2001. ISBN 2842630416.
  • Le BCD du peintre moderne (in French). La Différence. 2002. ISBN 2729114289.
  • Sexes sans paroles (in French). Le Dilettante. 2003. ISBN 2842630734.
Periodicals
[6]
  • "spécial Ylipe : Écrivez plus grand, elle est sourde". Bizarre (in French) (45). Jean-Jacques Pauvert. 1967.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ylipe". Evene.fr (in French). 9 January 1936. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Peintures, encres de Philippe Labarthe" (in French). Art Flox. 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Aït Si Slimane, Taos (14 December 2006). "Ylipe, signataire du "Manifeste des 121"". Fabrique de sens (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ Aubert, Aurelie (11 May 2001). "Rencontre avec Ylipe". Zone Littéraire. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Noguez, Dominique (19 March 2003). "Ylipe; Un prince de l'humour noir". Le Monde (in French).
  6. ^ a b "Ylipe" (in French). Le Dilettante. Retrieved 12 March 2012.


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