Created in 2007, the Tomi Ungerer Museum-International Centre for Illustration is the first museum in France devoted exclusively to 20th-century and contemporary illustrative drawing, following in the footsteps of other European museums such as the Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hanover and the Cartoon Museum in Basel.
This sector of the graphic arts, long considered a minor art form, has a long tradition in Strasbourg. The famous cartoonist Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in 1931. This multi-faceted artist of international renown has worked in many areas of graphic art, including children's books, advertising and satirical cartoons.
Thanks to donations that the artist has made to his home town since 1975, the Tomi Ungerer Museum-International Centre for Illustration is devoted in particular to his prolific work. The museum now holds 14,000 drawings by the artist, plus 1,500 toys from his personal collection. Since the museum was founded, this unique collection has been enriched by several hundred works by other French and foreign illustrators.
This sector of the graphic arts, long considered a minor art form, has a long tradition in Strasbourg. The famous cartoonist Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in 1931. This multi-faceted artist of international renown has worked in many areas of graphic art, including children's books, advertising and satirical cartoons.
Thanks to donations that the artist has made to his home town since 1975, the Tomi Ungerer Museum-International Centre for Illustration is devoted in particular to his prolific work. The museum now holds 14,000 drawings by the artist, plus 1,500 toys from his personal collection. Since the museum was founded, this unique collection has been enriched by several hundred works by other French and foreign illustrators.
