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Paul Gavarni - Air, La Rifla, Fla, Fla

Air, La Rifla, Fla, Fla

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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Paul Gavarni

Paul Gavarni was the nom de plume of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier, a French illustrator, born in Paris.

Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as a mechanical worker in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land surveying and mapping which led to his obtaining a position with the Government Ordnance Department as a draughtsman. It wasn't until his early thirties that he turned his attention to his proper vocation as an artist.

His first published drawings were for the magazine Journal des modes.

At the time, Gavarni was barely thirty years of age. His sharp and witty drawings gave these generally commonplace and unartistic figures a life-likeness and an expression which soon won him a name in fashionable circles. He gradually gave greater attention to this more congenial work, and ultimately stopped working as an engineer to become the director of the journal Les Gens du monde.

Gavarni followed his interests, and began a series of lithographed sketches in which he portrayed the most striking characteristics, foibles and vices of the various classes of French society. The letterpress explanations attached to his drawings were short, but were forcible and humorous, if sometimes trivial, and were adapted to the particular subjects. At first he confined himself to the study of Parisian manners, more especially those of the Parisian youth.

Most of his best work appeared in Le Charivari. He had been invited by the editor François Caboche to draw for the magazine. Gavarni had never drawn caricatures and was reluctant to accept the request but was persuaded to submit some drawings for approval. This he did and they were accepted but he didn't care for the captions which had been added by the magazine editors. Thereafter, he started writing his own. This was the beginning of the Boites aux lettres series.

Some of his most scathing and most earnest pictures, the fruit of a visit to London, appeared in L'Illustration. He also illustrated Honoré de Balzac's novels, and Eugène Sue's Wandering Jew.

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Toi je te repigerai

Toi je te repigerai (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Malheureuse tu feras la honte de ton sexe et le desespoir du mien

Malheureuse tu feras la honte de ton sexe et le desespoir du mien (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Qu’est-ce que t’as mon vieux Auguste

Qu’est-ce que t’as mon vieux Auguste (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Les artistes, O bon! M’ame Jean! V’la qui tire vot’ clos!

Les artistes, O bon! M’ame Jean! V’la qui tire vot’ clos! (1838)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Clara et ses amants

Clara et ses amants (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Ils vivent de ses rentes

Ils vivent de ses rentes

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Mais, voyons si Paul et Henri s’entendent, il faudra que tu choisisses lequel des deux garderas-tu Celui qui me q

Mais, voyons si Paul et Henri s’entendent, il faudra que tu choisisses lequel des deux garderas-tu Celui qui me q (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Qu’est-ce que ce Mosieu qui sort d’ici. mais comme tu as chaud ma biche

Qu’est-ce que ce Mosieu qui sort d’ici. mais comme tu as chaud ma biche (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Que tu es donc godiche, Tomon. puisque tu vas faire banqueroute, bête

Que tu es donc godiche, Tomon. puisque tu vas faire banqueroute, bête (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Ô Henry Henry mon Dieu, mon Dieu. Heureusement que ton Amedée te reste

Ô Henry Henry mon Dieu, mon Dieu. Heureusement que ton Amedée te reste (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Mais pourquoi donc, Mosieu Bachu, que tu viens toujours embêter Papa comme ça pour ta mécanique

Mais pourquoi donc, Mosieu Bachu, que tu viens toujours embêter Papa comme ça pour ta mécanique (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
C’est-y-toi, dis Majesté, qu’aurait jamais le coeur de ficher tant de coups

C’est-y-toi, dis Majesté, qu’aurait jamais le coeur de ficher tant de coups

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
L’dessus, ben sûr Est p’us beau que l’dessous, mais c’est p’us cher

L’dessus, ben sûr Est p’us beau que l’dessous, mais c’est p’us cher

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Les billets une fois pris, on n’en rendra pas la valeur

Les billets une fois pris, on n’en rendra pas la valeur

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
J’ai assez vu mon Cousin, moi m’man, viens tu t’en

J’ai assez vu mon Cousin, moi m’man, viens tu t’en (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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