It is a great satisfaction for Xavier Marabout. The Breton painter, originally from Auray (Morbihan), the right to parody Tintin in his artistic creations. The Rennes court dismissed the Belgian company Moulinsart, representing the beneficiaries of Hergé, which sued the artist from Auray for infringement and infringement of the creator’s moral rights.
Humor recognized
Justice considers that an exception of parody is established and that the artist wanted to make a work of humor in an offbeat way. There is no risk of confusion between the works of Hergé and that of Xavier Marabout. In the paintings of the Breton painter designed in the style of the American artist Edward Hopper, Tintin appears with women sometimes in the middle of a seduction operation.
Moulinsart condemned
Belgian society is also condemned to 10,000 euros in damages for denigration. Moulinsart had sent letters to galleries so that they did not exhibit Xavier Marabout’s paintings presented as illegal. An exemplary judgment for master Bertrand Ermeneux, Xavier Marabout’s lawyer from Rennes.
My parody is recognized, my activity as an artist is recognized. I am fully satisfied. It is important to smile at the creation of an artist while deeply respecting the work of Hergé – Xavier Marabout
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