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Paul Gavarni - Study for Book Illustration

Study for Book Illustration

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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Prévalu tu n’es qu’un fainéant voilà ce que tu n’es que

Prévalu tu n’es qu’un fainéant voilà ce que tu n’es que

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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)
Ah l’on vous menait au bois. voilà donc ce à quoi j’aurais été moi-même exposé

Ah l’on vous menait au bois. voilà donc ce à quoi j’aurais été moi-même exposé (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)
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 Docteur, vous vous trompez. la nature a des mystères qu’il n’est pas toujours donné à une science d’approfo

Mais Docteur, vous vous trompez. la nature a des mystères qu’il n’est pas toujours donné à une science d’approfo (1840)

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)
Mais à ton âge, malheureux Je ne savais pas ce que c’était que des dettes

Mais à ton âge, malheureux Je ne savais pas ce que c’était que des dettes (1840-1841)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Un petit de la pension qui disait que t’étais renégat, j’y ai fichu des gifflets. n’est ce pas, père, que t’es catho

Un petit de la pension qui disait que t’étais renégat, j’y ai fichu des gifflets. n’est ce pas, père, que t’es catho (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier)

The Street Sweeper (Le Cantonnier) (c. 1848-1852)

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 vous qu’êtes le grand sec qui vient toujours pour diner. Monsieur, Papa n’y est pas

C’est vous qu’êtes le grand sec qui vient toujours pour diner. Monsieur, Papa n’y est pas (1838-1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Malheureuse enfant Qu’as-tu fait de ton sexe

Malheureuse enfant Qu’as-tu fait de ton sexe (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Voyons Théodore nous ne sommes donc plus la Bichette à notre petite maman

Voyons Théodore nous ne sommes donc plus la Bichette à notre petite maman (1840)

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
Tu n’as plus le sou

Tu n’as plus le sou

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
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