Caricatures of salons and artists. 1785-1910.

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Caricatures of salons and artists. 1785-1910.

Collection contains caricatures of the Parisian Salons, other exhibitions, artists and art world types. Most of the sheets originate from disbound journals, such as La Vie Parisienne, Le Journal Amusant, Le Petit Journal pour Rire, and Le Charivari. Caricaturists include Bertall, Cham, Daumier, Gavarni, Gill, Grévin, Mars, Nadar, Stop (pseudonym for Morel-Retz) and others. Among the caricatured artists are Carpeaux, Corot, Courbet, the architect Charles Garnier, Gérome, Ingres, Manet, the photographer Nadar, and Seurat. Other caricatures portray art critics, collectors, dealers and the art public. A few of the images are color lithographs or pochoir-colored. The collection contains a few prints and 12 original drawings, including sketches by Grévin.

ca. 720 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7428820

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Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910

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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs. Epithet: alias 'Nadar'; French caricaturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x0001c6 ...

Mars, 1849-1912

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Courbet, Gustave, 1819-1877

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Nineteenth-century painter. From the description of Gustave Courbet papers, 1837-1877. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 17692634 French painter. From the description of Letters, 1865, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82594698 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to his father, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525390 Jean-Desiré Courbet was born in Ornans, Franche Comté, France,...

Gill, André, 1840-1885

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About, Edmond, 1828-1885

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Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867

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French artist. From the description of Ingres correspondence and manuscripts, 1814-1869. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77946494 French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Mervaux, 1850 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269533886 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to his fiancée, Julie Forestier, 1806 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269534218 From the ...

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883

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French artist. From the description of Lithograph of Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript], ca. 1888? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806728 French painter. From the description of Letters sent by Edouard Manet, 1860-1882. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79889178 From the description of Autograph letters signed (30) : Paris, to his wife Suzanne, his mother and his sister-in-law, Mme Mathe Vibert, 1870 Sept.-1871 Jan. 19. (Unknown)...

Cham, 1819-1879

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French caricaturist and illustrator. From the description of Sketch, ca. 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81157257 ...

Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879

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French artist. From the description of Letters received, 1848-1878, with commentary by Arsene Alexandre. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83858243 In French. From the description of Autographed charcoal drawing, ca. 1860-1870. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155888490 French caricaturist. From the description of Bill, 18-- (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80549524 ...

Champfleury, 1821-1889

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Champfleury (pseudonym for Jules François Félix Husson-Fleury) was a self-educated critic and art historian, as well as a prolific author of fiction. He was the first to acknowledge the esthetic term of "realism", and also a pioneer in the history of caricature and popular prints. In 1872 he was nominated curator of the Sèvres museum for life. From the description of Champfleury papers, 1857-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83372113 Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson ...

Gérome, Jean Léon (1824-1904).

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Jean Léon Gérôme was a French painter, sculptor, and engraver. From the description of Jean Léon Gérôme letter, Paris, to mon cher ami, 1903 November 22. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40758127 French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris], to M. Braquemont [sic], [n.d., ca. 1861]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269574103 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to "M...

Seurat, Georges, 1859-1891

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [dated in another hand Paris], to [Félix] Fénéon, 1890 June 20]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872235 ...

Bertall, 1820-1882

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Grévin, Alfred, 1827-1892

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Alfred Grévin (28 January 1827 – 5 May 1892) was a 19th-century caricaturist, best known during his lifetime for his caricature silhouettes of contemporary Parisian women. He was also a sculptor, cartoonist, and designed costumes and sets for popular theater. With journalist Arthur Meyer, he founded the Musée Grévin, a waxwork museum....

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille, 1796-1875

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French landscape painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Alexandre Cabanel, [1868?] Nov. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526754 Jean Baptiste Camille Corot was a French painter, who inspired the landscape painting of the Impressionists. From the description of Letter : from Jean Corot [manuscript]. 1860 Jun. 19. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222753692 French painter. From the description of Lette...

Garnier, Charles, 1825-1898

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Charles Garnier was a well-known 19th century French architect, perhaps best known as the designer of the Paris Opera House. From the description of Charles Garnier letters to cher ami and mon cher ami, ca. 1870-1889. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40750108 French architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified recipient, 187?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269578957 From the descrip...

Morel-Retz, Louis Pierre Gabriel Bernard, 1825-1899

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Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste, 1827-1875

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French sculptor. From the description of Letters : to Stephane Petit, 1869. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81254138 ...

Chevalier, William, 1804-1866

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French caricaturist highly appreciated for his lithographs published in satirical journals. From the description of Letters, 1838-1866. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77955623 French illustrator and caricaturist. From the description of Autograph manuscript signed (2) of two poems : [n.p.], 1834 July and 1836 May 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269590720 ...