Introduction

Between 1952 and 1961, Frédéric Back created titles, illustrations and animated sequences, did drawings live on camera, and designed and built models, props, sets and visual effects for a variety of television programs on Radio-Canada.

"I was often asked to depict places for which very few pictures existed at the time. We now live in a world of images; on the Internet, you click on Venice, or somewhere in Africa, or some celebrity and you have images for those things. In those days, images were scarce and we would clip anything we could use out of books. I was determined to make everything as believable as possible, so I tried to faithfully recreate settings, clothing and objects and make their style as true to life as I could. I believed that history deserved to be treated with careful attention."
F.B.