Andre Francois' work evolves over the years. The lines of his works gain style and personality. The mood and the philosophical context of his works gradually become clear. His sources of inspiration evolve, deepen, darken, and Oespes becomes strange, somewhat frightening, and somewhat exaggeratedly monstrous characters, often placed in violent situations. François creates his very personal surrealism in his works! Andre Francois was born to a Hungarian family on November 9, 1915 in Temesvar in Banat (a place in Austria that later merged into Romania), but he spent his artistic life almost entirely in France. Therefore, he can be considered a multi-national artist! The pseudonym chosen by the artist can be dissected like this: Andes-Raie-Franc-Soi Andre had only one sister, Violet, a little older than him, who also moved to France, married and died there. At the age of sixteen, he got permission to go to Budapest to attend an art school. School of fine arts. Andre was really bored there, he only dreamed of going to Paris, he liked Cassandra's drawings and posters and wanted to benefit from her teaching. Finally, in 1934, he left for France. His wish came true and he was accepted into Cassandra's classes, which he says: "A great place to learn." He became a French citizen in 1939. Andre Francois got his first contract three years later, in 1937, a well-paid job at Galeries Lafayette, where he designed and executed advertising pages. Andre Francois met Margaret Edmonds on December 16, 1939. From 1949, André François published several books for young people in New York and Philadelphia: The Magic of Strawberries, Travelers, William in the Garbage, The Story of George, and... Andre Francois, in 1956, in the book series Crocodile Tears, with his very different and innovative technique, achieves great success, and his unforgettable album is translated into at least sixteen different languages. His debut at The New Yorker was a huge success in the world of comic art. Andre Francoi, like Saul Steinberg and Ronald Searle, is one of the designers Tommy Ungerer calls his "grand masters". He died at his home in Gracie-le-Platres, in the Val-Oise region of France on April 11, 2005.