Fernand Fau (13 July 1858 – 27 November 1915) was a French illustrator and cartoonist whose work was widely published in popular journals around the turn of the 19th century.[1]
Fernand Fau | |
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| Born | 13 July 1858 Poitiers |
| Died | 27 November 1915 (aged 57) Paris |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Known for | Cartoons |
Biography
editFau was born in Poitiers in 1858.[1] He produced copious illustrations under the pseudonym "Fanfare". He made the illustrations for the drama by Ferny "Le Secret du manifestant" at the "shadow show" in the cabaret Le Chat Noir.[2] He also illustrated the shadow show Une Affaire d'honneur by Jules Jouy at Le Chat Noir.[3] In 1890 Le Chat Noir put on his Idylle, a revue in one act with music by Charles de Sivry.[4] His illustrations appeared in the Chat Noir humorous magazine and also in Le Rire. He illustrated many children's books throughout his career,[1] and was a satirist.[5] Fau was also versed in Art Nouveau, and exhibited at the Salon des Cent in 1895.[6]
Fernand Fau died in Paris in 1915.[1]
Illustrated works
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- Jean Perrot, 34 leçons de choses en images sans paroles à raconter par les petits, deuxième livre d'initiation et d'élocution, F. Nathan
- Alfred Carel, Les brasseries à femmes de Paris, Paris : E. Monnier, 1884
- Camille Lemonnier, Les Concubins; La Glèbe; Un pèlerinage, Paris, E. Monnier, de Brunhoff, 1886
- Grand-Carteret, John (1886). Raphaël et Gambrinus, ou, L'art dans la brasserie. L. Westhausser. p. 50.
- Devaux, Paul (2011). Les fellatores: mœurs de la décadence 1888. QuestionDeGenre/GKC. ISBN 978-2908050714.
- de Lano, Pierre (1889). Après l'amour, avec 100 dessins de Fernand Fau: gravure de Rougeron et Vignerot. E. Dentu.
- Grosclaude (1891). Les Gaietes de L'Annee. Illustrated by Fernand Fau. Paris: E. Dentu.
- G. Le Faure (1898). La Guerre sous L'Eau. Illustrated by Fernand Fau. Libraire E. Dentu.
- Georges Courteline, La Peur des coups, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1895
- Rabelais pour la jeunesse, Gargantua, texte adapté par Marie Butts, Librairie Larousse
- Rabelais pour la jeunesse, Pantagruel, texte adapté par Marie Butts, Librairie Larousse
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 Lambiek.
- ↑ Didier 2009, p. 82.
- ↑ Segel 1987, p. 78.
- ↑ Whiting 1999, p. 91.
- ↑ Toepfer, Karl (2019-08-19). Pantomime: The History and Metamorphosis of a Theatrical Ideology. Vosuri Media. ISBN 978-1-7332497-3-7.
- ↑ Devaux 2011, p. 124.
- Sources
- Didier, Bénédicte (2009). Petites revues et esprit bohème à la fin du XIXe siècle, 1878-1889: Panurge, le Chat noir, la Vogue, le Décadent, la Plume. Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2296079236.
- "Fernand Fau". Lambiek. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Segel, Harold B. (1987). Turn-Of-The-Century Cabaret: Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Cracow, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Zurich. Columbia University Press. p. 78. ISBN 023105128X.
- Whiting, Steven Moore (1999). Satie the Bohemian: From Cabaret to Concert Hall. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198164580.
External links
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- "Works by Fernand Fau". Gallica. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Dictionnaire des illustrateurs, 1800–1914. Sous la direction de Marcus Osterwalder. Éditions Ides et Calendes, 1989, p. 355
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