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Alfred Grévin
Alfred Grévin

Alfred Grévin

French, 1827-1892
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Alfred Grévin 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.

He founded with journalist Arthur Meyer the Musée Grévin, a waxwork museum.

Alfred Grevin was born in a house in the main street of Épineuil in 1827. He studied natural sciences and drawing at the College of Tonnerre. His first job was as an apprentice draughtsman for Paris à Lyon à la Méditerranée railways. In his free time, he would draw for fun.

In 1853 he moved to Paris. He put his cartooning talents at the service of the newspaper Le Gaulois, then headed by Arthur Meyer. He then went on to work for Le Journal amusant and Le Charivari. To supplement his meager salary as a cartoonist and illustrator, he worked as a theater costume designer, and wrote plays.

By 1867 he was able settle in a home in Saint-Mandé, at 16bis rue de Berulle.

In 1869 he founded l'Almanach des Parisiennes with Louis Adrien Huart, and in 1875 Grévin designed the 673 costumes for Jacques Offenbach's opéra-féerie Le voyage dans la lune, and later for Charles Lecocq's opera comique The Daughter of Madame Angot

In 1881, Meyer had the idea, along with Alfred Grévin, to represent the personalities that made the front page of the news section as wax mannequins, which allowed visitors – in an era before photography was used in the press – to put a face to the names in the news. This was the beginning of the Musée Grévin, which opened its doors on 5 June 1882 and swiftly became successful. Grévin met Émile Zola on several occasions, whom he wanted to include a portrait of in his collections.

Grevin spent the final two years of his life paralyzed, and died of a sudden stroke of apoplexy in 1892 at Saint-Mandé.

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Male and Female Bathers with Umbrella

Male and Female Bathers with Umbrella

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Figurative
Male and Female Bathers

Male and Female Bathers

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Figurative
À l’Opéra 2

À l’Opéra 2 (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Illustration
À l’Opéra

À l’Opéra (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Illustration
Fantaises Parisiennses

Fantaises Parisiennses (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Illustration
Les coulisses

Les coulisses (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
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Les coulisses

Les coulisses (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
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Les coulisses

Les coulisses (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Illustration
Les coulisses

Les coulisses (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Illustration
Les coulisses

Les coulisses (1870-1879)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Illustration
Melle. Pelletier dans Geneviève de Brabant dans le ballet, Théâtre de la Gaité

Melle. Pelletier dans Geneviève de Brabant dans le ballet, Théâtre de la Gaité (1875)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
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Mme. Judic dans Le docteur Ox, rôle de Prascovia

Mme. Judic dans Le docteur Ox, rôle de Prascovia (1877)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
Illustration
Un bébé dans Geneviève de Brabant, ballet des bébés

Un bébé dans Geneviève de Brabant, ballet des bébés (1875)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
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Théâtre Beaumarchais… les Traboucayres ou les Chauffeurs de la montagne

Théâtre Beaumarchais… les Traboucayres ou les Chauffeurs de la montagne (1861)

Alfred Grévin (French, 1827-1892)
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