”Over to Italy for this one. Vittorio De Sica was a master of neo-realism. And bicycle thieves is his masterpiece. A father & son wander the roman streets, tired, looking for what’s been stolen. But will they ever find it?... This was part of my page for the letter V in my alphabet book published by The Mainstone Press – Fast Cars & Ukuleles…”
Paint on paper, framed.
Dimensions: 53 x 74.5 x 2 cm.
”Films. Or, if you grew up in Fife… fillums. As a teenager in Dunfermline I knew there had to be an alternative to the latest Charles Bronson Death Wish, or the endless Chuck Norris fight-romps. And one Saturday, Derek Malcolm appeared on BBC2 & offered just that with his Film Club. Jean Gabin, Cocteau, 8 ½, Panther Panchali, Belmondo & Seberg on the Champs Elysee. It was all there, week after week. It changed everything, & I’ve kept looking ever since. But there’s some I return to, time after time. Godard still shocks, Truffaut makes me cry, but Tati, oh Monseiur Hulot, makes me smile every single time. That’s why our band are called The Postmen – Francois le facteur in Jour de Fete is a film (fillum) I could never not enjoy…” - Jonny Hannah
BAFTA award winning Jonny Hannah was born and raised in Dunfermline, Scotland and studied at the Cowdenbeath College of Knowledge, Liverpool Art School and then the Royal College of Art in London. Since graduation in 1998 he has worked both as a commercial designer and an illustrator and printmaker. He is currently a senior lecturer in Illustration at Southampton Solent University. He boasts an impressive list of exhibitions, advertising projects and clients, including Royal Mail, The New York Time, The Guardian, Conde Nast and more; and has published a number of undeniably ‘Hannah-esque’ books with Merrell Publishers, Mainstone Press and Design for Today, to name a few. Jonny Hannah is represented by illustration agency, Heart Agency, London and New York.