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Georges Goursat (Sem)
Georges Goursat (Sem)

Georges Goursat (Sem)

French, 1863–1934
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Georges Goursat, known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Époque.

Georges Goursat was born and raised in an upper-middle-class family from Périgueux. The wealth inherited from his father at the age of 21 allowed him to sustain a gilded youth.

In 1888 he self published in Périgueux his first three albums of caricatures, signing some as "SEM" (Figure, left), allegedly as a tribute to Amédée de Noé who signed his caricatures for Le Monde illustré as "Cham".

From 1890 to 1898, he settled for a few years in Bordeaux. During this period, he published more albums and his first press caricatures in La Petite Gironde and discovered the work of Leonetto Cappiello. His style matured, becoming both simpler and more precise.

During the same period, he made trips to Paris. In 1891, he designed two posters printed in the workshop of Jules Chéret (Figure, right) for the singer Paulus [fr]. He published his first caricatures of artists in L'Illustration (Albert Brasseur) and Le Rire (Paulus, Polin and Yvette Guilbert).

From 1898 to 1900, he lived in Marseille. During this stay, he met Jean Lorrain who convinced him to live in Paris.

Goursat arrived in Paris in March 1900, at the time of the opening of the Universal Exposition.

He picked horse races as his way of entry in high society. In June, three months after his arrival, he self-published a new album, Le Turf, with caricatures of many prominent Parisian socialites (Marquess Boni de Castellane, Prince Trubetskoy, Count Clermont-Tonnerre, Baron Alphonse and Gustave de Rothschild, Polaire). The success of this album made him famous overnight. In October of the same year, he published another album, Paris-Trouville, with the same success. Nine others followed until 1913.

In 1904, Goursat received the Légion d'honneur. In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris, then in Monte Carlo and London. a diorama, composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris celebrities".

Aged over 50 at the start of World War I, Goursat was not drafted. He nevertheless involved himself as a war correspondent for Le Journal. Some of his rather "chauvinistic" articles had an "enormous impact". Ten were published in 1917 in Un pékin sur le front. Two others were incorporated in 1923 in another book, La Ronde de Nuit. In 1916 and 1918 Goursat published two albums of Croquis de Guerre (War sketches). Their style is completely different from his previous work. He also designed posters for war bonds.

After the war, Goursat came back to the kind of caricatures that made him famous. In 1919, he published Le Grand Monde à l'envers (High Society upside down). Around 1923, he published 3 albums under the general title of Le Nouveau Monde (The New World). In 1923, he was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur. In 1929, he was severely impoverished by the economic crisis. After a heart attack in 1933, he died in 1934.

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Je suis fauché mon prince !

Je suis fauché mon prince ! (1919)

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Jean Lorrain, Boldini, Kate Moore, Madeleine Lemaire, Montesquiou, Jean-Louis Forain et Yturri

Jean Lorrain, Boldini, Kate Moore, Madeleine Lemaire, Montesquiou, Jean-Louis Forain et Yturri (1905)

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Jeanne Marnac. Germain Thouvenin et Du Tillet. Anna Held

Jeanne Marnac. Germain Thouvenin et Du Tillet. Anna Held (1913)

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Jeu sur la plage

Jeu sur la plage (1919)

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Joël Sol, Georges Prade, Camille Blanc, Ferdinand Canople et M. Roy

Joël Sol, Georges Prade, Camille Blanc, Ferdinand Canople et M. Roy (1913)

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la baronne Henri de Rothschild et Mathilde Say ; See

la baronne Henri de Rothschild et Mathilde Say ; See (1912)

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La Cène

La Cène (1905)

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La coupe du tango ; M Boin, A de Fouquières

La coupe du tango ; M Boin, A de Fouquières (1913)

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La danse des parfums

La danse des parfums (1913)

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La danse du flamengo ; François Flameng, Jacqueline Forzane

La danse du flamengo ; François Flameng, Jacqueline Forzane (1913)

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La danse Havas

La danse Havas (1927)

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La maharani de Kapurtala dansant en couple et le prince de Kapurtala

La maharani de Kapurtala dansant en couple et le prince de Kapurtala (1920)

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La Marche à la Roulette-Atrium

La Marche à la Roulette-Atrium (1909)

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La media luna de miel ; James de Rothschild, marquis de Prat-Gomtal

La media luna de miel ; James de Rothschild, marquis de Prat-Gomtal (1913)

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La Mistanguette ; Louis Barthou, Mounet-Sully, Mistinguett

La Mistanguette ; Louis Barthou, Mounet-Sully, Mistinguett (1913)

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La Patinoire

La Patinoire (1904)

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La Reine

La Reine (1912)

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La Reine

La Reine (1913)

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La Roulette

La Roulette (1909)

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La sape

La sape (1915-1916)

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La soupe à la tranchée

La soupe à la tranchée (1915-1916)

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la terreur des hippocampes

la terreur des hippocampes (1923)

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La valse des roses ; M Raphael, Maurice Bertrand, Mathilde See ; Say

La valse des roses ; M Raphael, Maurice Bertrand, Mathilde See ; Say (1913)

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la veuve joyeuse

la veuve joyeuse (1923)

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L’abbé Mugnier et Boni de Castellane dansant au son du banjo

L’abbé Mugnier et Boni de Castellane dansant au son du banjo (1927)

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L’alchimiste Gélot et sa cloche à melon

L’alchimiste Gélot et sa cloche à melon (1923)

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Landau, D. Rochereau, Leonino, Letellier

Landau, D. Rochereau, Leonino, Letellier (1913)

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Landau, Denfert-Rochereau, baron Leonino, Henri Letellier

Landau, Denfert-Rochereau, baron Leonino, Henri Letellier (1912)

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L’archiduc Frédéric Charles

L’archiduc Frédéric Charles (1909)

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L’attaque au char

L’attaque au char (1917-1918)

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