Artist

Roland Topor

Portrait of Roland Topor

French, 1938–1997

Roland Topor was a French artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Roland Topor was born in Paris.

Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surreal black comedy nature of his work. He was of Polish-Jewish origin. His parents were Jewish émigrés from Warsaw, Poland. He spent the early years of his life in Savoy, where his family hid him from the Gestapo.

Collections represented

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