Claude Lapointe (3 December 1938 â 6 October 2024) was a French illustrator, schoolteacher, and writer. He founded the illustration workshop at the .
Born in Rémilly on 3 December 1938, Lapointe attended secondary school in Metz and subsequently the . From 1963 to 1965, he was a student at the ÃÂcole supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg. In 1967, he became a teacher at the latter school, where he founded the illustration workshop. He also taught a generation of illustrators, such as , , , , , , and Blutch. In 1972, his workshop exhibited a collection of his works.
In 1971, Lapointe illustrated his first book, Pierre l'ébouriffé. He collaborated with Bayard Presse, ', ', and J'aime lire in the 1970s and 80s to showcase his illustrations. He also illustrated novels published by ÃÂditions Gallimard, such as the French editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He also created a collection for the publishing house, titled "Les secrets de l'image". In 1982, Lapointe won the Premio Grafico Fiera at the Bologna Children's Book Fair for the collection. In 1996, a book fair in Bordeaux organized the exhibition Mettre en scène une feuille blanche, dedicated to Lapointe's works of the 1970s. In 2016, the Association des artistes indépendants d'Alsace organized an exhibition in his honor at the Maison des Arts de Strasbourg titled Personnages en quête d'histoire.
Lapointe died in Valréas on 6 October 2024, at the age of 85.