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Paul Gavarni - Depuis que j’ai été forcé de tuer un homme pour lui avoir donné un soufflet, ah J’ai les soufflets en horreur

Depuis que j’ai été forcé de tuer un homme pour lui avoir donné un soufflet, ah J’ai les soufflets en horreur (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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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)
Bonne renommée vaut mieux que balcon doré

Bonne renommée vaut mieux que balcon doré

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Il ne m’oterait seulement pas mon chapeau

Il ne m’oterait seulement pas mon chapeau (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Dis donc Ce voleur de bric-à-brac qui voulait reprendre mes souvenirs et mes regrets pour quatre livres dix sous

Dis donc Ce voleur de bric-à-brac qui voulait reprendre mes souvenirs et mes regrets pour quatre livres dix sous

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
– Dix-sept francs. – Non Cent sous. – Quinze vrancs (barceque c’est fous) sic

– Dix-sept francs. – Non Cent sous. – Quinze vrancs (barceque c’est fous) sic

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)
Mais si un homme avait été pour moi ce que j’ai été pour toi, et que je lui aie fait ce que tu m’as fait. Mais mai

Mais si un homme avait été pour moi ce que j’ai été pour toi, et que je lui aie fait ce que tu m’as fait. Mais mai (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Man seated at table, holding drink

Man seated at table, holding drink

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Ma sainte te ressemble n’est pas Nini

Ma sainte te ressemble n’est pas Nini (1838)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Pauvre Elvire, emportée aux flots du bal Musard, Où tu cherchais Don Juan, tu trouves Chicandard

Pauvre Elvire, emportée aux flots du bal Musard, Où tu cherchais Don Juan, tu trouves Chicandard (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Memories of Carnival, No. 3; The tray of refreshments

Memories of Carnival, No. 3; The tray of refreshments

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Ah c’est avec Julia qu’Henry m’a trompée. on sera manche à manche, ma petite

Ah c’est avec Julia qu’Henry m’a trompée. on sera manche à manche, ma petite (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Oh c’est vrai t’as les yeux comme les lanternes de ton cabriolet. ah bien Clemence a joliement raison, par exempl

Oh c’est vrai t’as les yeux comme les lanternes de ton cabriolet. ah bien Clemence a joliement raison, par exempl (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Comment Lili ne reconnait pas son Nini

Comment Lili ne reconnait pas son Nini (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
On cause affaires

On cause affaires

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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