Claude Renard

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Nationality : Belgium
Born : August 12, 1946
Died : February 17, 2019

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Claude Renard is a Belgian comic artist and art teacher. He is generally credited with drawing a couple of short stories in the educational series 'Les Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul' for Spirou magazine between 1963 and 1966, but the signature of this "Renard" was most likely an early pen name for Gilles van Dessel (Mister Kit). Claude Renard attended the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels, where he studied painting. He took a few courses in comic art by Eddy Paape, and became his assistant until 1976. For eight years, he ran the famous Atelier R., where he educated a great number of famous Belgian comic artists, including Andréas, Benoît Sokal, Philippe Foerster, Antonio Cossu, Yves Swolfs and Philippe Berthet. Every year, he edited 'Le Neuvième Rêve', listing his students's work.

See also: Belles histoires de l'Oncle Paul (Les) · 9ème rêve (Le) · Métamorphoses · François Schuiten · Andreas · Philippe Foerster · Philippe Berthet · Thierry Smolderen · Casterman · Edition Des Archers · La Vache Qui Médite