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When Jean-Jacques Sempé, or J.J., as he was known in America, passed away on August 11th, at the age of eighty-nine, French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted, “[He] had the elegance to always remain light-hearted without ever missing a beat.” The tribute was one of many on both sides of the Atlantic; he was the rare Gallic artist beloved by Americans who managed never to lose his appeal in the eyes of his compatriots.
“It’s an obsession,” Jean-Jacques Sempé says, of his cover for the new issue. “I would love to become a child on the beach once again. It may sound infantile, but that’s the feeling I long for: to be a child without care, taking in the immensity of the ocean and still feeling safe.” Here is a slide show of past New Yorker covers by Sempé that celebrate the pleasure of being at the beach—for children and adults: “September 7, 1981,” by J. J. Sempé.
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