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J. J. Grandville
J. J. Grandville

J. J. Grandville

French, 1803-1847
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Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, generally known by the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques, J. J. Grandville or most commonly simply Grandville, was a French caricaturist.

He was born at Nancy, in northeastern France, to an artistic and theatrical family. The name "Grandville" was his grandparents' professional stage name. Grandville received his first instruction in drawing from his father, a painter of miniatures. At the age of twenty-one he moved to Paris, and soon afterwards published a collection of lithographs entitled Les Tribulations de la petite proprieté. He followed this with Les Plaisirs de tout âge and La Sibylle des salons (1827); but the work which first established his fame was Les Métamorphoses du jour (1828–29), a series of seventy scenes in which individuals with the bodies of men and faces of animals are made to play a human comedy. These drawings are remarkable for the extraordinary skill with which human characteristics are represented in animal facial features.

The success of this work led to his being engaged as artistic contributor to various periodicals, such as La Silhouette, L'Artiste, La Caricature, Le Charivari; and his political caricatures which were characterized by marvelous fertility of satirical humour, soon came to enjoy a general popularity.

After the reinstitution of prior censorship of caricature in 1835, Grandville turned almost exclusively to book illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to issue various lithographic collections, among which may be mentioned La Vie privée et publique des animaux, Les Cent Proverbes, Un Autre Monde and Les Fleurs animées.

Though the designs of Grandville are occasionally unnatural and absurd, they usually display keen analysis of character and marvellous inventive ingenuity, and his humour is always tempered and refined by delicacy of sentiment and a vein of sober thoughtfulness. He suffered increasingly from grave mental problems and died on 17 March 1847. He is buried in the Cimetière Nord of Saint-Mandé just outside Paris.

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Daily transformations, no. 20; How will these people go on it too, Omnibus!! Madame!

Daily transformations, no. 20; How will these people go on it too, Omnibus!! Madame! (1829)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Daily transformations, no. 24; Ay! So lazy!

Daily transformations, no. 24; Ay! So lazy! (1829)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Daily transformations, pl. 4; Sorry sir, but I was told that I could always find you at this time

Daily transformations, pl. 4; Sorry sir, but I was told that I could always find you at this time (1829)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Daily transformations; The recruiter, or trafficking in whites

Daily transformations; The recruiter, or trafficking in whites (1829)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Etrennes au peuple (New Year’s gifts for the people)

Etrennes au peuple (New Year’s gifts for the people) (1833)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Grande course aux portefeuilles (Great race to portfolios)

Grande course aux portefeuilles (Great race to portfolios) (1835)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
La Caricature; Ah! Mayeux! Mayeux!! Chian li li li! On m’a donc fichu mon nom sur le dos nom de D . . . !.

La Caricature; Ah! Mayeux! Mayeux!! Chian li li li! On m’a donc fichu mon nom sur le dos nom de D . . . !. (1830)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
L’adoration du veau d’or (Adoration of the golden calf)

L’adoration du veau d’or (Adoration of the golden calf) (1834)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Le triage populaire (The popular triage)

Le triage populaire (The popular triage) (1832)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return

Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return (1833)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
The metamorphoses of the day, no. 12; People who dislike the big day

The metamorphoses of the day, no. 12; People who dislike the big day (1829)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
This charter! . . . It was not scraped, it has been white-washed so that you won’t have to see it again, my friend

This charter! . . . It was not scraped, it has been white-washed so that you won’t have to see it again, my friend (1834)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Illustration
Jacquand & Sons – celebrated French Japan blacking for boots, shoes and harness

Jacquand & Sons – celebrated French Japan blacking for boots, shoes and harness

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Posters
The Relics

The Relics (c. 1835)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Illustration for Jérôme Paturot à la recherche d’une position sociale (Jérôme Patruot in Search of a Social Position), by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Illustration for Jérôme Paturot à la recherche d’une position sociale (Jérôme Patruot in Search of a Social Position), by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846 (ca. 1846)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
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Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846 (ca. 1846)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Dog in doghouse; cock singing at window

Dog in doghouse; cock singing at window (ca. 1842)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846 (ca. 1846)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846 (ca. 1846)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846 (ca. 1846)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846 (ca. 1846)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846 (ca. 1846)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Man in a Nightshirt Reaching for a Bottle Labeled ‘Fountain of Youth’

Man in a Nightshirt Reaching for a Bottle Labeled ‘Fountain of Youth’ (1803–47)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Mister Vulture

Mister Vulture (1840)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Woman Sleeping on the Ground

Woman Sleeping on the Ground

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
An Insect Ball

An Insect Ball (1835)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
Study for ‘Au Bouquet de persil,’ (A Bouquet of Parsley)

Study for ‘Au Bouquet de persil,’ (A Bouquet of Parsley) (1833)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
The Relics

The Relics (c. 1835)

J. J. Grandville (French, 1803-1847)
Drawings
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