Yslaire

Yslaire’s artwork stands out for its unapologetic sensuality: a graceful, curvilinear style counterbalanced by splashes of vivid color and areas of intense shadow. Driven by a color palette that emphasizes red and black, Yslaire brings to comic art what it was missing: an intense, cruel romanticism, directly descended from the authors of the 19th century.  

Driven primarily by the international success of the Sambre series, Yslaire’s market value remains very stable in the art market, with key art pages fetching as much as ten thousand euros. This solid market value is underpinned by the saga’s cult status. 

To preserve your works on paper, we recommend that you never expose them to direct light, as UV rays can damage the mediums used. Paintings made with pastel or charcoal require special care to avoid rubbing. Works containing watercolor are particularly sensitive to light, unlike gouache and acrylic.
We advise you to display them away from windows, and to use frames made from pH-neutral conservation materials and “Museum” glass with anti-UV and anti-reflective treatment. If you prefer to keep your works unframed, we recommend storing them flat, in drawing cartons, with sheets of pH-neutral permanent paper in between. Keep them away from light and humidity.

Bernard Hislaire was born in 1957 in Brussels into a family of words: his father was a journalist at La Libre Belgique, and his mother was a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was in 1975, at just 18 years old, that he joined the art team at Spirou, then under the leadership of the writer Brouyère, with the support of Charles Dupuis and Raoul Cauvin. The major weekly magazine was then emerging from its golden age and seeking a new lease on life in the face of the wave of modernity sweeping through France, led by Métal Hurlant. Hislaire created his first series in 1978: Bidouille et Violette, hailed as the first “melancholic” love story in Franco-Belgian comics. With this term borrowed from Gainsbourg, Hislaire was already signaling his love for the tender, melancholic stories that would define his success. Bidouille et Violette earned him the Prix Saint-Michel for humorous storytelling as early as 1980. Complete biography.