For most of his career, Sempé drew light-hearted cartoons for French newspapers and magazines. A man begins a speech with, “I will be brief—“ as a chandelier plummets towards his head.

Jean-Jacques Sempé, the French cartoonist known in America for children’s book illustrations and for covers for The New Yorker portraying tiny, gentle people with big noses at poignant moments ...

Jean-Jacques Sempé, the iconic French illustrator and cartoonist best known for his wispy and intricately detailed drawings of French life, as well as having drawn more than 100 New Yorker covers ...

From his Paris apartment, cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe can look out over the city's rooftops, a fitting spot for a man who seems to prefer looking at the world from an elevated angle.

French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe, who won international acclaim with a series of more than 100 drawings for the covers of The New Yorker magazine, has died at the age of 89.

Cartoonist and children's book author Jean-Jacques Sempé created his own world far from the traumas of childhood for his protagonist "Nicholas." The master is now 85.

Over the course of his storied career, Jean-Jacques Sempe became a fixture on the newsstands of New York, illustrating more than 100 covers of the prestigious New Yorker magazine.

Cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe, whose simple line drawings captured French life and won international acclaim on the covers of New Yorker magazine, has died on Aug.11, 2022. He was 89. (AP Photo ...

Jean-Jacques Sempe, who illustrated the much-loved "Little Nicolas" series of French children's books, has died aged 89, his biographer told AFP on Thursday. As well as his work on "Le Petit ...

The show, which runs to Feb. 11, includes 300 original drawings from Sempe's career, which has produced thousands of cartoons and more than 40 albums, translated into 25 languages.

Workers adjust a big frontpage of a New Yorker issue before Jean-Jacques Sempe’s funeral ceremony at the Saint-Germain-des-Pres church in Paris, Friday, Aug.19, 2022.