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 +====== Schuiten, François ======
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 +**François Schuiten** was born in [[en:dictionary:brussels|Brussels, Belgium]] at [[1956|April 26, 1956]]. His father, [[wpfr>Robert_Schuiten|Robert Schuiten]], and his mother, Marie-Madeleine De Maeyer, were both architects. He has five brothers and sisters, one of whom is also an architect.
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 +**François Schuiten** was married to Monique Toussaint, together they have four children. Francois Schuiten now lives partly in Brussels and Paris. 
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 +During his studies at the Saint-Luc Institute in Brussels (1975–1977), **François Schuiten** met [[en:dictionary:renard-claude|Claude Renard]], who led the comics department at the school. Together they created several books. Schuiten's brother [[en:dictionary:luc-s|Luc]] also worked with him several times as a writer for the series [[en:albums:la-terre-creuse|Terres Creuses]].
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 +**François Schuiten** published [[en:gallery:histoires:mutation|his first comic]] on 3 May [[1973]], consisting of 5 black and white pages in the French magazine Pilote; four years later he was published in the more experimental magazine Métal Hurlant ((De Weyer, Geert (2005). "François Schuiten". In België gestript, pp. 153-155. Tielt: Lannoo.)).
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 +His love of [[en:dictionary:architecture|architecture]] became apparent in the series [[en:dictionary:chronicles|Cities of the Fantastic]], an evocation of fantastic, partly imaginary cities that **François Schuiten** created with his friend [[en:dictionary:peeters-benoit|Benoît Peeters]] from [[1983]] for the Belgian monthly comics magazine (À Suivre). Every story focuses on one city or building, and further explores a world where architects, urbanists, and ultimately "[[en:dictionary:urbatect|urbatects]]", are the leading powers and architecture is the driving force behind society. Styles explored in the series include stalinistic and fascist architecture in [[en:albums:la-fievre-d-urbicande|La Fièvre d'Urbicande]], skyscrapers in [[en:albums:bruesel|Brüsel]], but also the gothic cathedrals in [[en:albums:la-tour|La Tour]].((De Weyer, Geert (2005). "François Schuiten". In België gestript, pp. 153-155. Tielt: Lannoo.)) This fascination with architecture and the possible and impossible cities it can generate is further explored in [[en:albums:les-portes-du-possible|The Gates of the Possible]], a weekly series Schuiten created for the newspapers Le Soir and De Morgen in [[2005|2005]].
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 +Inspired by artists and scientists alike, Schuiten's work can be considered to mix the mysterious worlds of [[en:dictionary:magritte-rene|René Magritte]], the early scientific fantasies of [[en:dictionary:verne-jules|Jules Verne]], the graphical worlds of M. C. Escher and [[en:dictionary:dore-gustave|Gustave Doré]], and the architectural visions of [[en:dictionary:horta-victor|Victor Horta]] and [[en:dictionary:boullee-etienne-louis|Étienne-Louis Boullée]]. ((De Weyer, Geert (2005). "François Schuiten". In België gestript, pp. 153-155. Tielt: Lannoo.)) The creative synergy between Schuiten's work and the books of Jules Verne culminated in 1994 when he was asked to illustrate and design a cover for the publication of Verne's rediscovered book [[en:gallery:port-folio:paris-xxe-siecle|Paris in the Twentieth Century]].
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 +{{ :dictionary:pschuiten.jpg?nolink&|Image of François Schuiten}}
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 +**François Schuiten** also collaborated with [[en:dictionary:benayoun-maurice-pr|Maurice Benayoun]] on the computer graphics series [[en:dictionary:quarx|Quarxs]], and worked as a production designer for a few movies: [[en:dictionary:gwendoline|Gwendoline]] by Just Jaeckin, Toto le héros by Jaco Van Dormael, [[en:dictionary:taxandria|Taxandria]] by [[en:dictionary:servais-raoul|Raoul Servais]], The Golden Compass by Chris Weitz, [[en:dictionary:mr.-nobody|Mr. Nobody]] by [[en:dictionary:van-dormael-jaco|Jaco Van Dormael]] and [[en:dictionary:mars-et-avril|Mars et Avril]] by [[en:dictionary:villeneuve-martin|Martin Villeneuve]], He is currently working on a computer-animated film which he will co-direct with [[en:dictionary:sokal-benoit|Benoît Sokal]].With Martin Villeneuve he works on a movie called [[en:dictionary:waternova|]].
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 +As a scenographer, **François Schuiten** designed the [[en:dictionary:metro|metro]] stations of [[en:dictionary:porte-de-hal|Porte de Hal]] in [[en:dictionary:brussels|Brussels]] and [[en:dictionary:arts-et-metiers|Arts et Métiers]] in Paris, and a [[en:dictionary:murals|mural]] in Brussels. In [[2000]], he designed the scenography for [[en:dictionary:planet-of-visions|A planet of visions]], one of the main pavilions of the [[en:dictionary:expo-2000|Hannover World's Fair]], which attracted more than five million visitors. In 2004-2005, a large exhibition was held in Leuven, The Gates of Utopia, showing different aspects of his work. He also created the interior of the Belgian pavilion at the Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan with the painter [[en:dictionary:obolensky-alexandre|Alexandre Obolensky]]. **François Schuiten** has also designed [[en:dictionary:stamps|15 Belgian stamps]].
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 +**François Schuiten** together with [[en:dictionary:peeters-benoit|Peeters]] also helped to save and subsequently restore the [[en:dictionary:maison-autrique|Maison Autrique]], the first house designed by [[en:dictionary:art-nouveau|Art Nouveau]] architect [[en:dictionary:horta-victor|Victor Horta]].
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 +**François Schuiten** last comic album was [[en:albums:le-retour-du-capitaine-nemo|Le retour du capitaine Nemo]], that was released in [[en:dictionary:2023|2023]], although Schuiten announced, after the release of the [[en:albums:le-dernier-pharaon|Blake and Mortimer album]], that he had no intentions to do another album anytime soon. Besides this, he is currently working on scenographies and other projects. 
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 +In [[en:dictionary:2023|2023]] **François Schuiten** received the [[en:dictionary:prix-victor-rossel|Grand Prix de la BD]] for his entire career.
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 +===== See also =====
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 +  * [[en:dictionary:video-interviews-francois-schuiten]]
 +  * [[de-la-barque-robert-louis-marie|Robert Louis Marie De La Barque]] and
 +  * [[Sleeckx]]
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