FRENCH ILLUSTRATORS Leroux, a Pupil of Bonnat, Was Awarded Th E Prix De Rome in 1906
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11 PIERRE-GEORGES JEANNIOT (1848-1934) lndependants. Much concerned wtih the under-priviledged, he contributed to GEORGES TIRET-BOGNET (1855-) / 43 . Equestrians many political journals such as La Feuille and Le Chambard. 67. Le Petit Parisien (Cover) 1889 Ink and watercolour 209 x 311 ANDRE MARCHAND (1877-1951) Ink and watercolour 260 x 197 Portraitist, landscapist and watercolourist Jeanniot was born in Geneva of 56. Wounded Soldier and Family Primarily an illustrator. Tiret-Bognet contributed to the leading illustrated French parents (his father, a painter, was his first teacher). Beginning in 1872, Lithograph and pencil 178 x 162 periodicals. he showed regularly at the Salon. One of the early contributors to La Vie Marchand studied with Bonnat, Detaille, and Toudouze; started showing at D.O. WIDHOPFF (1867-1933) ); Moderne, he subsequently became director of Le Journal Amusant. Salon in 1898; awarded many prizes including a Gold Medal in 1920. The 68. Le Megotier (Hugues Delorme) / JOB (1858-1931 ) Musee d'Art Moderne has two of his paintings. La Femme au loup blanc, and Conte crayon 460 x 311 44. Les Marins de Ia Garde Les /nconnus . Born in Odessa. landscapist and caricaturist Wid hopff appeared regularly Wash 190 x 267 HENRY MONNIER (1805-1877) Courrier Francais as well as in the major Salons. He also designed Gobel in "Job" is the pseudonym of Jacques-Marie-Gaston Onfray de Breville. He was 57. R!!ve de Mari and Beauvais tapestries. a student of Luminais and specialised in military scenes. His work appeared in In dia ink 79 x 67 periodicals throughout the world, including Pick-Me-Up (London) and Although he trained as a painter under Girondet and Gros, he devoted a good Scribner's (New York) portion of his life to acting and writing, creating one of the best-known TONY JOHANNOT (1803-1852) characters in French letters. Joseph Prud'homme. Produced many albums of 45. Man with Cane lithographs. Influenced by Cruikshank, to whom his Distractions (1832) is Conte crayon 152 x 105 dedicated. The most popular illustrator of the early 19th century, specialising in LOUIS MORIN (1855-) vignettes, Johanna! has more than 150 books and 3000 graphics to 58. La Correction Conjugale his credit. Watercolour 216 x 162 CHARLES JOUAS (1866-1942) Morin, founder of Salon des Humoristes, illustrated many books. including his 46. Le Mara bout d'Afrique, 1913 own (Les Amours de Gilles, L'Enfant Prodigue, etc). He was also responsible Crayons 267 x 228 for numerous murals but is perhaps best known for his views of Venice and Jouas was an illustrator-etcher whose favourite field was Paris and its Montmartre. monuments. President of the graphics section of the Societe Nationale des RENE PlOT (1869-1934) Beaux-Arts . Particularly esteemed are his illustrations for Balzac and 59. Drames et Mysteres de I'Occultisme Huysmans. India ink and wash 279 x 190 EUGENE LAMI (1800-1890) Although trained by Gustave Moreau, Piot was greatly inf luenced by Maurice 47. Natty Bumppo, ou Ia Longue Carabine (Cooper) Denis and Felicien Rops . In 1894 he began to show at the Salon , then at the Watercolour 140 x 79 Salon d'Automne. He also designed stage sets and costumes. especially for Lami studied with Gros and Horace Verne!, showed at the Salon from 1824 to the The<ttre des Arts. 1878. A distinguished painter of battle scenes. he was at his best as a V. ARMAND POIRSON (19th Century) watercolourist; one of the founders of the Societe des Aquarellistes. 60. Gulliver's Travels FRANCOIS-LOUIS LANFANT DE METZ (1814-1892) India ink 279 x 197 48. Mille et Une Nuit Gouache 228 x 178 FRANCISQUE POULBOT (1879-1946) 61. La Chasse aux Papillons Lanfant de Metz trained under Ary Scheffer and showed regularly at the Salon from 1843 to 1866. Lithographic pencil 324 x 241 LOUIS LAURENT-DESROUSSEAUX (1862-1906) Poulbot appeared in Le Rire and Le Sour ire. He did many posters, illustrated a 49. Chinese Procession number of books; he is particularly noted for his Montmartre urchins. Wash 184 x 308 JEAN FRANCOIS RAFFAELLI (1850-1924) 62. Street Sweeper with Lady Laurent-Desrousseaux received his training from Bris and Albert Maignan. Ink 273 X 190 Showed at various Salons from 188 5 to 1900, winning an occasional medal. LOUIS LEGRAND (1863-1951) Raffaelli studied with Gerome, began showing in the Salon in 1870 (Gold 50. Le Revenant Medal, 1880). He specialised in picturesque views of Paris and its suburbs. Conte crayon and chalks 343 x 216 CHARLES ROUSSEL (1861-) 63 . Le Train de 8 heures 45 (Courteline) Painter and engraver Louis Legrand was trained by Felicien Rops. He La Rue Mazarine illustrated many books including Morgate by Rodolphe Dargens and Cinq Wash and chalk 140 x 91 Contes Parisiens by Guy de Maupassant. HENRY LEMARIE (1911 -) Roussel studied under Cabanel , Weerts, and Taitegrain. He became a 51. Decorated V member of Artistes Francais in 188 7 and exhibited in St Petersburg, Buenos Gouache 178 x 120 Aires and Saint Louis. Among the numerous works illustrated by miniaturist Lemarie are La HENRY SOMM (1844-1907) Le Monde ou /'on s'ennuie (Edouard Pailleron) Fontaine's Fables in three volumes in which there are no fewer than 2200 64. drawings. India ink 273 x 216 GEORGES PAUL LEROUX (1877-) "Henry Somm " is the pseudonym of Franscois Clement Sommier, genre 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY 52 . Ravaillac Tente par le Couteau painter, caricaturist and etcher whose work appeared in the most popular Watercolour 298 x 209 periodicals of the period. An intimate friend of Toulouse-Lautrec, who did his portrait. FRENCH ILLUSTRATORS Leroux, a pupil of Bonnat, was awarded th e Prix de Rome in 1906. ANDRE LHOTE (1885-1962) PAUL ALBERT STECK (19th Century) 65. Renf!e (lola) 53. Notes Prises d'une Lucarne (Franz Hellens) 1925 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM India ink and wash 190 x 225 Wash 190 x 133 Painter and illustrator Andre Lhote was also a distinguished art critic and A student of Gerome, Steck was admitted to membership in the Artis tes THE ARTINE ARTINIAN COLLECTION Franr;ais in 1896 . He specialised in landscapes and historical scenes. teacher. In 1910 he began showing at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des lndependants. ALEXANDRE STEINLEN (1859-1923) E. LIMONAIRE (20th Century) 66. Helle (Poster for opera by Alphonse Duvernois) 1896 54. The Pit and the Pendulum (Poe) Crayons and watercolour 228 x 190 Wash and chalk 267 x 203 Born in Lausanne, Stein len came to Paris at the age of 19 and was soon one of MAXIMILIEN LUCE (1858-1941) the regulars at the Montmartre c abaret Le Chat- Noir. He also began 55. Prison Scenes contributing to most of the Satirical journals such as Chat-Noir Gil-Bias //lustre , Ink and wash 203 x 130, 130 x 203, 200 x 127, 108 x 82 Mirliton, Rire, Assiette au Beurre. In 1911 Steinlen was one of the thirteen Although he studied with Carolus Duran , Luce was chiefly self-taught, helped founders of Les Humoristes along with Forain , Willette and Leandre. AUCKLAND CITY ART GALLERY by Camille Pissarro. He was, with Paul Signac, one of the fou nders of the School of Neo-impressionism. Began in 1888 to show at Sa lon des 10TH AUG- 11TH SEPT. 1977 Bl~ l<t:Sto"1 \ 91{ G. GOSTIAUX (1838-) A WORD FROM THE COLLECTOR GUY ARNOUX (1886-1951) EDOUARD CHIMOT (20th Century) 2. Le Huron, ou 1'/ngenu (Voltaire) 15. Josette 29. Macbeth Ink and watercolour 209 x 260 Conte crayons and chalk 330 x 432 Conte crayon 279 x 209 In range as well as in the variety of media, these sixty-eight Arnoux is especially known as an illustrator and stage costumer; a member of A prolific engraver and illustrator, Chimot has interpreted the works of Gostiaux contributed regularly to Journal Amusant, Charivari, Surprise, and illustrators provide an excellent picture of a long tradition in French Salon des Humoristes. Baudelaire, Louys, Maurois, Barbusse, Tinan, etc. Fantaisie. publishing. The y represent the various trends in craft and taste of the FERDINAND BAC (1859-1952) F. COINDRE (19-20th Century) JEAN IGNACE GRANDVILLE (1803-1847) past century and a half, from the romanticism of a Deveria, Johannot 3. Dame Assise . 16. Sapho (Daudet) 30. Bird-Lecturer (Balzac) and a Boulanger, through the hallucinatory depictions of a Watercolour 435 x 286 Watercolour and gold 133 x 101 Ink 143 x 101 Grandville or a Dare, to the semi-surrealistic drawings of a Jean Bac started his career about 1880as a regular contributor to La Caricature and 17. Le Voyage Sentimental (Sterne) 31 . Perplexed Gentleman Hugo. Conspicuous by their absence may seem the Bonnards, La Vie Parisienne, then worked for Le Rire and Le Journal Amusant. Watercolour and gold 133 x 92 Ink 213 X 117 EDMOND DELORT (1841-1895 Grandville produced a number of Albums as well as contributing to La Braques, Matisses and f'icassos. Those artists did produce Published his work later in popular albums, illustrated the work of many writers, did posters for Yvette Guilbert 18. Capitaine Francasse (Theophile Gautier) Caricature and other satirical journals. Among the many works he illustrated distinguished work in the field, to be sure, but they were primarily WILLIAM BARBOTIN (1830-1903) Ink, Wash 257 x 178 are Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and Gulliver's Travels . The fantasy of his painters rather than illustrators. 4. Don Juan Delort, a studentofGieyre and Gerome, began to show at the Salon in 1864. He drawings made him a precursor of Surrealism. Crayon and chalk 190 x 159 specialised in Algerian and military scenes The illustrator's task is to interpret a story or to depict a scene Painter, engraver, and sculptor, Barbotin studied at the Academie Julian, then ACHILLE DEVERIA (1800-1857) EMILE GRAU-SALA (1911-1975) conceived by another.