Museum Tomi Ungerer

Masterpieces

This is the first museum in France to be exclusively dedicated to illustrations from the 20th century and today. This sector of graphic arts, long considered to be of minor importance, is a genuine tradition in Strasbourg that was the birthplace of Gustave Doré, and where a renowned illustration workshop was created in 1975 at the School of Decorative Arts. Artist Tomi Ungerer was also born in Strasbourg in 1931. This internationally renowned multi-form artist covered many sectors of graphic arts, such as illustrations for children’s books, advertisements, satirical drawings…