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Paul Gavarni - 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)
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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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Oh Hé Viens-tu souper la Gustine

Oh Hé Viens-tu souper la Gustine (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Je vous dis, moi que ça n’est pas à votre général, qui a des pieds à dormir debout

Je vous dis, moi que ça n’est pas à votre général, qui a des pieds à dormir debout

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Cette année J’ai fait trois femmes et j’ai culotté cinq pipes.

Cette année J’ai fait trois femmes et j’ai culotté cinq pipes. (1839-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Tu sais bien que Maurice et Charles avaient toujours des histoires ensemble pour la petite Zélie

Tu sais bien que Maurice et Charles avaient toujours des histoires ensemble pour la petite Zélie (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Non bis in idem Vas-t-en j’y suis

Non bis in idem Vas-t-en j’y suis (1839-1841)

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Voyez-vous, mon petit Larrins, j’ai de l’amitié pour vous

Voyez-vous, mon petit Larrins, j’ai de l’amitié pour vous (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Les lettres de l’ancienne

Les lettres de l’ancienne (1839-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Tu ne sais pas ta leçon. ce qu’on met dans les cheveux à ma tante pour qu’ils soient noirs après

Tu ne sais pas ta leçon. ce qu’on met dans les cheveux à ma tante pour qu’ils soient noirs après (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Petit oncle vois-tu, je voulais te dire. que. – Connu Tu repasseras j’ai pas de monnaie

Petit oncle vois-tu, je voulais te dire. que. – Connu Tu repasseras j’ai pas de monnaie (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
C’est une femme que j’ai bien aimé

C’est une femme que j’ai bien aimé (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Combien ça te coûte-il un habit comme ça ..

Combien ça te coûte-il un habit comme ça .. (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Two Men Arguing

Two Men Arguing

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Memories of Carnival, No. 2; A raffle

Memories of Carnival, No. 2; A raffle

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Comment, chéri, je ne saurai pas où j’ai fourré ma capote grise

Comment, chéri, je ne saurai pas où j’ai fourré ma capote grise

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Masks and faces, 5; Sharers, You have never in my life given me anything but a little dog . . .

Masks and faces, 5; Sharers, You have never in my life given me anything but a little dog . . . (1852)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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