Guy Billout was born on July 7,1941 and is a French artist and illustrator.
13 Facts About Guy Billout
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In 1989, Billout received the Hamilton King Award and in 2016, he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.
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Guy Billout's father, Rene George was a journalist and his mother, Christiane, a bookseller.
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In 1962, Guy Billout moved to Paris and worked for the advertising agency, Publicis as a designer until 1966.
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Guy Billout' influences include Belgian comics artist Herge for the detail of the works in The Adventures of Tintin, French poster artist Raymond Savignac, French-Hungarian cartoonist Andre Francois, and British illustrator Ronald Searle.
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Guy Billout was given total editorial freedom and the column became an integral part of the magazine's editorial voice for 24 years.
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In 2008, Guy Billout would be brought back to do another series for The Atlantic, which ran under the title Gallery and would run until 2012.
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Guy Billout added words to his second book released six years later in 1979, By Camel or by Car: A Look at Transportation.
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Guy Billout would follow up the following year with his third book, Stone and Steel: A Look at Engineering.
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Guy Billout authored a dozen books, five of them chosen by The New York Times, as one of that particular year's Ten-Best Illustrated Children's Books.
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Guy Billout did win the Hamilton King Award in 1989 and was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Early illustrations by the artist were done with watercolors and brush and later in his career Guy Billout began using an airbrush.
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The work of Guy Billout is founded in strict attention to the details of the subject matter he is addressing.