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From November to March:
10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
From April to October:
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
!!! Attention: this exhibition is over.

Grzegorz Rosinski - From Thorgal to Skarbek
From the 12th of November 2005 until the 26th of January 2006

The 24th, 25th and 31st of December 2005 and also the 1st of January 2006:
open from 10 a.m. until 4.30 p.m.

Rosinski is one of the big names in comic books. He never stops to enrich his graphic skills and to illustrate cult sagas, of which "Thorgal", "The Great Power of the Chninkel" or "Ballad of the Lost Moors". On a scenario of Yves Sente, he created in 2003 "The Revenge of Count Skarbek" in which he developed an amazing pictorial technique. The exhibition at the Castle of Gruyères marks the coming out of the second and last volume of Skarbek adventures. The exhibition will offer a discovery of Rosinski fascinating world with near to fifty paintings and original bookplates.

Grzegorz Rosinski was born in Poland in 1941. After his Baccalauréat es Arts, he studied at Warsaw's Academy of Fine Arts and worked as an illustrator of books and record covers. In 1968, he started publishing his first comic books with success. His encounter in 1976 with the scriptwriter Jean Van Hamme will be very important, bringing to light the famous hero Thorgal. In 1982, he leaves Poland with his family and moves to Belgium. Many awards accompany his works. At the present time, he lives and works in Switzerland.


Book signing at the Castle
12th of November 2005: from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

New publication
G. Rosinski - Y. Sente: "La vengeance du Comte Skarbek",
Editions Dargaud 2005

Website (french)
Editions Dargaud