The Giants of 20th Century – François Berthoud

François Berthoud is a Swiss but he moved to Italy after graduating in Switzerland. He is the main illustrator of the magazine Vanity and Visionaire. Capucci, Myla, Shiseido and Incotex are the mainly clients of advertisement.

The style of François Berthoud is changing all the time, but he maintained the same style in one period. The differences between his styles based on different techniques of drawing. However, enamel drip is his favorite and frequently-used technique. He said in the book Fashion Illustration Next (Borrelli, 2004) “What I like about the enamel process is that it is fluid and immediate.” He consider that working with enamel and dripping on paper are very complex and sophisticated as well as working with computer.

Here is the timeline of François Berthoud’s works.