Jean-louis Forain (1852-1931) La Comedie Parisienne
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This book is in French. It has colour illustrations throughout. This book is in very good condition, but does have rubbing and slight creasing to the cover corners, and rubbing to the edges of the covers. It has the previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. The spine is unbroken. Jean-Louis Forain acquiert une immense renommee en publiant pendant un demi-siecle des dessins pleins d'ironie dans la presse. Il sait faire rire les Parisiens, notamment en denoncant les travers du bourgeois. Destines a des journaux aussi varies que Le Figaro, Le Courrier francais, The New York Herald ou Le Rire, ses dessins sont ensuite reunis dans des volumes dont le premier, La Comedie parisienne, parait des 1892. Au-dela de la simple satire, Forain est un peintre de moeurs qui revele les dessous de la societe, depuis la Belle Epoque jusqu'aux Annees folles. Fort de douze essais thematiques et plus de deux cents reproductions, cet ouvrage presente une exceptionnelle aventure plastique, de la jeunesse du plus incisif des impressionnistes a l'apotheose expressionniste de ses dernieres annees. L'art de Forain - aussi bien ses huiles, aquarelles, gouaches et pastels que ses dessins ou estampes - suscitera souvent l'admiration, de Toulouse-Lautrec aux caricaturistes d'aujourd'hui, comme Plantu qui signe la preface de cette publication, la plus complete sur l'artiste a ce jour.
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