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Paul Gavarni - Quand on pense que voilà ce que c’est qu’un homme. et que les femmes aiment ça

Quand on pense que voilà ce que c’est qu’un homme. et que les femmes aiment ça (1839-1841)

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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Ô l’amour d’une femme Ô ineffable chose

Ô l’amour d’une femme Ô ineffable chose (1839-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Est-ce que c’est vrai Monsieur le Marquis, que vous êtes toujours obligé de regarder en Bourgogne si la Champagne brul

Est-ce que c’est vrai Monsieur le Marquis, que vous êtes toujours obligé de regarder en Bourgogne si la Champagne brul (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
C’est le papa de mossieu Arthur qui un mossieu embêtant Cré chien

C’est le papa de mossieu Arthur qui un mossieu embêtant Cré chien

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
On va pincer son petit cancan, mais bien en douceur

On va pincer son petit cancan, mais bien en douceur (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Qu’est ce qu’elle a Phémie

Qu’est ce qu’elle a Phémie

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Voilà un fénéant qui dort et qui laisse une pauv’ femme danser toute la nuit

Voilà un fénéant qui dort et qui laisse une pauv’ femme danser toute la nuit (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Saprelotte Mosieu Arthur, vous me permettez de vous dire que ça ne peut pas toujours durer comme ça

Saprelotte Mosieu Arthur, vous me permettez de vous dire que ça ne peut pas toujours durer comme ça

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)
Six pouces de jambes et le dos tout de suite

Six pouces de jambes et le dos tout de suite (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Tu ne la reconnais pas L’ancienne à Badinguet Une belle blonde

Tu ne la reconnais pas L’ancienne à Badinguet Une belle blonde (1839-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Comment saviez-vous, Papa, que j’aimais Mosieu Léon. Parceque tu me parlais toujours de Mosieu Paul

Comment saviez-vous, Papa, que j’aimais Mosieu Léon. Parceque tu me parlais toujours de Mosieu Paul (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Est-ce que c’est vrai, Mosieu d’Alby, que tu couperas des liards en quatre. sapristi comment donc que tu peux fair

Est-ce que c’est vrai, Mosieu d’Alby, que tu couperas des liards en quatre. sapristi comment donc que tu peux fair (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
On fait des contes à l’actionnaire

On fait des contes à l’actionnaire

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Maman dit que vous savez tous les secrets de Polichinelle, Mosieu d’Alby qu’est-ce qui peut donc lui avoir abimé le n

Maman dit que vous savez tous les secrets de Polichinelle, Mosieu d’Alby qu’est-ce qui peut donc lui avoir abimé le n (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
V’là un gueux de petit pékin qui se divertit au bal

V’là un gueux de petit pékin qui se divertit au bal (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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