Richard Cole's Latest Book
Publication Date: 22nd November 2012.
79 pp, 74 colour illustrations, 43 black and white.
ISBN 978-0-9574260-0-9
Coeur de Lion Press. £15 UK p/p. £3.50
“This book is an ode to his beloved pied-à-terre in which his watercolours, sketches, crayon, oil and woodcuts capture the quirks and eccentricities that make rural French life so beguiling. Mapping out the village sights and introducing us to its most prominent characters, the words and Cole's sketches exude a warmth and humour that will make you fall in love with 'la France profonde' all over again.”
FRANCE Magazine 2013
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When a young British art student first visited in 1962 a small, isolated village nestling in the foothills of the Alps, little did he know that its many charms and intrigues would still inspire him some 50 years later. The village is Saint Geoire en Valdaine in the rural Isère region of France, and the artist is the renowned international political cartoonist and caricaturist Richard Cole. Over the years he has compiled a delightful record of the comings and goings of the village where he made a home and studio in a 16th century forge. In this affectionate tribute, you will find the butcher, the baker and the coffin maker and many other wonderful characters brought vividly to life as the village gradually meets the 21st century.