After all I’ve done for him !

Le baiser de l’hôtel de ville
par Robert Doisneau
Thanks to Francine and Annette, his daughters, for the beautiful exhibition that preceded ours.

Le baiser de l’Arc de Triomphe
By Thomas Van Den Driessche
Thanks to my dearest Dany,
for making my life so mellow

 

1950-1960

Our father always gave
my brother and me
paintbrushes

On this photo,
I’m painting my big
brother, who’s painting

First, there’s abstinence then contraception.
Next, abortion and finally, euthanasia. You’d think nobody wants us.

 

My idols were not pop stars,
but humorous cartoonists

1969 to 1973
My first humoristic drawings are in dark black

From 1972 onwards, watercolours led me
to lighter subjects, although …

One day in 1976, a cat appeared in one of my watercolours …

Preliminary drawings
from the 3rd of March, 1983

On the 22nd of March 1983, the newspaper
LE SOIR began publishing my cartoons
(often very basic) of Le Cat. Thanks once again to the Journalist Luc Honorez
for giving them my name!

AND GELUCK CREATED LE CAT

Who does he think he is ?

An original drawing followed
by several reproductions

Taking account of the average age of our visitors, we thought it would be more more appropriate
to show enlargements

My homage to Hergé

This picture of me was drawn wearing a blindfold
If you look at it with
a blindfold you don’t notice anything

For the magazine (À SUIVRE),
Jean-Paul Mougin asked me
to draw some comic strips
in colour …

And during this time
I performed Michaux
on stage …

Humour in 20 lessons

Wham! Bam! Boom!
It’s as good a start as any

 

I played Chaval and Copi
(two illustrators!)And there was colour!

And while I’m drawing all that, I’m also doing sketches for the RTBF (Belgian Television)

Hotel for the rich
never have more than five stars, but those for the poor have infinitely more.

She adores me

You are here.
News travels fast !

Either I’m going completely crazy
Or this child is shrinking

 

All that to show that there isn’t
just Le Cat in my life

Does this couple have the right to euthanize the little tetraplegic girl that they adopted?
– It’s just that I’m worried what the neighbours will say, honeybun

Absent-mindedness strike again

Back from vacation
– Hey look!! Titus is still there.
– Nobody took him…
– People can be so selfish!

The humour of scuba-divers
– Wearing a mask is compulsory

 

Meanwhile,
I was doing TV shows
with Laurent Ruquier

– Who’s that by? Geluck? Hmmph!
He doesn’t try very hard!
– Shut your face!

– I’ll buy it !

– So, what brought about the move from
painting to sculpture?
– Oh… It happened quite naturally

KABUL 8:30 AM
An Afghan woman takes her daughter to school
and it’s also a good time to take out the rubbish

– There is a Mexican proverb which says:
“First you put on the poncho, then the sombrero”

– Le Cat, do you take this mouse
to be your dish of the day?
If not, I can give you the menu.
– Yes

– It gives me a real sense of satisfaction knowing
that my sacrifice was not in vain

Watch it with
that chisel!

What follows might bring back a few memories to the lucky inhabitants of Paris, Bordeaux, Caen, Geneva, Monaco, Montreux, Brussels, Guérande and Lyons.

– If I’d been painted by Picasso,
I’d be worth a fortune.
But it would have been harder
to pick up girls

I have had the good fortune to meet great artists, and who’s to say that I haven’t made friends with Vermeer, Gustave Doré, Picasso and Fontana?

It is to celebrate these unfulfilled friendships and honour their genius that I allow Le Chat to engage in dialogue with their works…

– Hey Fellas! I need two strong men
to carry a wardrobe…
– Nah! Sorry… There’s four of us

– When he was little on the farm, Mao was known for playing in the cowpats. That’s how he earned the name ‘Mao Ze Dung’

– I use to make them laugh

– Can I have an autograph please?
– But of course
– And what’s the name?

– It was bound to happen:
Fontana cut himself

– When he was a little boy, Alechinsky just loved to play Monopoly

– Now, there’s a problem with Christo…

– If you buy a Mondrian
and the paint’s still wet,
then it’s probably a fake

– Actually, honestly, isn’t Le Cat always
more or less the same thing?
– I don’t know if you’re really
the best to say that.

– Do you like Botero?
– You’re the one that I love…

– Thank you Vasarely

– Has art become too commercial?

– The picture was painted in 1866 by Gustave Courbet. It’s called “The Origine of the World”.
Go ahead, it’s over there… What do you think?

 

It could well be that this copy of
The Origin of the World” was painted
by René Magritte …

– The origin of the world
according to Fontana

 At last they’ve found the face of « The Origin of the World »
– This has got nothing to do with me
– I’m just the guy taking the painting to be valued

Sir, you mustn’t  get so close to “The Origin of the World”
Sorry !

– Am I right in saying that it was you who posed for Mr Courbet when he painted “The Origin of the World” ?
– Yes, that was me. But it was quite a few years ago now !
– I’m still a model though. Let me introduce you to my doggy.

– I would hate to be mean,
but if Mona Lisa was saying anything,
the painting would be
a little bit more interesting

– I hope I put enough money
in the parking meter

MERCOSUR : THEY’LL BE TRYING EVERYTHING
– You say you’re ‘The Old Ploughs’?
– We are an group of mujisians from Archenteena
– Ze singing bullocks

– By next week, we’ll have taken all the land from there to there…
– I can’t see very well. I put my burka on back to front

EVERY VOTE COUNTS!
– If you vote for me, I promise to get the law on euthanasia passed.
– I’m go… ing to try to ha…ng on …til the sec…ond round

The French have voted Abbé Pierre the most popular public figure 16 times in a row
– And dudes… That really helps to get laid!

2018: YEAR OF INCLUSION
– Excuse me, dear lady
Could you please tell me where the transgender toilets are?
– Would you please call me
‘human being’ and not ‘lady’?
– And while you’re at it I’m looking for the urinals for small human males

– Handicapped kids are children like the rest [Slap]
– Just because you’re paralysed doesn’t mean you can lie!

– Oh shiiiit!

-I’ll get you in the end,
bastard of a mosquito!

– Carglass repair! Carglass replace!

– SuperStupid forgot to open the window… Again!

– Somebody who must be really frustrated is the man who laid the floor in the Sistine Chapel

– Leonardo forgot something