Paul gavarni biographie
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Paul Gavarni
French caricaturist (1804–1866)
Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866),[1] a French illustrator, born in Paris.
Early career
[edit]Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy.[1] 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.[2] It wasn't until his early thirties that he turned his attention to his proper vocation as an artist.
Pen name
[edit]The story is told that he took his name from Gavarnie in Luz-Saint-Sauveur where he had taken a journey
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Paul Gavarni : biography
Paul Gavarni, known as well with the following name Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier, is a frenchposter artist born in 1804 in Paris, France and who died in 1866 in 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Paul Gavarni belonged to the french school art style. He mainly worked during the classical period in the 19 century.Paul Gavarni : his main artworks
Paul Gavarni is famous for the following art works : les lorettes : "jésus comment que tu oses manger les champignons...", farniente, l'avare... which are numerous illustrations of his favorite subject of work : portrait... In order to stare at his work in a museum or gallery, you need to go to musee de la ville de paris - musee carnavalet, paris, france, louvre, paris, france, musée magnin, dijon, france, musee des beaux-arts, dunkirk, france. The art work of Paul Gavarni are, indeed, mainly kept in musee de la ville de paris - musee carnavalet, paris, france, louvre, par•
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Note: Gavarni captured the private lives of Parisians in the over 4,000 illustrations he produced for journals and magazines. Comment on works: genre Comment on works: etcher; illustrator; watercolorist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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