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Paul Gavarni - Allons, Mon vieux Vautour, il faut m’escompter ces petits trois cents francs là

Allons, Mon vieux Vautour, il faut m’escompter ces petits trois cents francs là (1840-1841)

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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Memories of Carnival, No. 2; A raffle

Memories of Carnival, No. 2; A raffle

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Le roi de trèfle en voyage

Le roi de trèfle en voyage

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Comment, ma petite, je viens de rencontrer ton mari avec Monsieur Edouard. O Virginie je te reconnais bien là

Comment, ma petite, je viens de rencontrer ton mari avec Monsieur Edouard. O Virginie je te reconnais bien là (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
J’ai un service à te demander, mon bon Joseph

J’ai un service à te demander, mon bon Joseph (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Ah c’est le jeune homme dont tu m’as parlé. faut faire monter un lit dans une chambre d’en haut, v’la tout

Ah c’est le jeune homme dont tu m’as parlé. faut faire monter un lit dans une chambre d’en haut, v’la tout (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
On aime donc un peu sa biche Trop, mauvais sujet

On aime donc un peu sa biche Trop, mauvais sujet (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Mon cher le municipal a emporté le petit avec qui je dansais

Mon cher le municipal a emporté le petit avec qui je dansais (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Cette madame de Lieusaint est-elle bête puisque je suis Charles Dubourg et que tu es mon papa, tu ne pourrais pas t’a

Cette madame de Lieusaint est-elle bête puisque je suis Charles Dubourg et que tu es mon papa, tu ne pourrais pas t’a (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Est-il, Dieu permis, d’avoir des pensées comme ça sur la mère de son petit Joseph

Est-il, Dieu permis, d’avoir des pensées comme ça sur la mère de son petit Joseph (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Dindonne, va Et quel homme est-ce

Dindonne, va Et quel homme est-ce

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Te voilà propore Mon cher ton imbécile de Groom s’est trompé de bouquet. Ton billet pour la petite est chez ta tante

Te voilà propore Mon cher ton imbécile de Groom s’est trompé de bouquet. Ton billet pour la petite est chez ta tante (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
N’est-ce pas, ma mère, que c’est bien vilain de dire vous m’embêtez Eh bien, ma bonne a dit tout à l’heure à mon

N’est-ce pas, ma mère, que c’est bien vilain de dire vous m’embêtez Eh bien, ma bonne a dit tout à l’heure à mon (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Rien n’est si joli que la fa a a a ble e e, si triste que la vérité

Rien n’est si joli que la fa a a a ble e e, si triste que la vérité

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Voyons, mon cher Gustave, soyez le plus raisonnable. Voyons venez ce soir. Allons, vous viendrez ce soir

Voyons, mon cher Gustave, soyez le plus raisonnable. Voyons venez ce soir. Allons, vous viendrez ce soir (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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