Fernand-Louis Gottlob (February 23, 1873 – November 10, 1935) was a French graphic artist whose caricatures appeared in many humorous magazines.
Fernand Louis Gottlob | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 1873 Paris, France |
| Died | November 10, 1935 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Humorous pictures |
Life
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Fernand Louis Gottlob was born in Paris in 1873. He studied under the painter-decorator Armand Félix Marie Jobbé-Duval (1821–1889).[1] He was also taught by Laporte and G. Fuchs.[2] He became a painter, lithographer, caricaturist, commercial artist, illustrator and graphic designer for song scores.[1] He created portraits, illustrations for books and caricatures that appeared in popular magazines in Paris including Le Rire, Le Journal Amusement and Le Sourire.[3] His work began to be shown in the official salons in 1891.[2]
Gottlob was among the artists who contributed to L'Estampe Moderne, a limited edition series of portfolios of high-quality lithographs that was published monthly from May 1897 and April 1899.[4] His work first appeared in L'Assiette au Beurre in the second issue, on 11 April 1901.[5] He became a member of the Cornet Society in 1904 and, between then and his death designed twelve menus for the society.[3] He died in Paris in 1935.[1]
Works
editGottlob's 1900 poster for the 2nd Exposition of Painter-Lithographers on the Rue Drouot in Paris shows a strong influence of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in its composition.[6] A woman is in front of a large illuminated window, and the dramatic back-lighting emphasizes the dark forms of her dress and hat.[7] He created relatively few posters in his life, but this exposition of posters was one in which he participated.[8] In addition to lithographs and portraits, he painted cityscapes of Paris and landscapes of Normandy and Brittany.[5]
In one of Gottlob's poignant images for the Assiette au Beurre he shows a mother with her children during a snowstorm, in front of the window of a bakery. The mother is explaining, "Ça, mon enfant, c'est du pain" ("That is bread, my child").[9] In 1916 he designed a poster for the Ligue Souvenez-vous! which they produced in large numbers and also used as a stamp.
In the 1970s Irene and Howard Stein began collecting color posters by well-known artists of the early 20th century such as Mucha, Chéret and Gottlob. Their collection grew with the acquisition of work by Toulouse-Lautrec to become one of the largest such collections in the United States.[10]
Posters
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- 1899 : Exposition au Salon des Cent.
- 1900 : 2e Exposition des Peintres-Lithographes (Imprimeries Lemercier) sur Gallica.
- 1905 : Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique. Les Pêcheurs de St. Jean [Scènes de la vie maritime] de Henri Caïn. Musique de Charles-Marie Widor.
- 1916 : La Matadora
- 1919 : Souvenez-vous ! sur Gallica.
Book illustrations
edit- Michel Corday, Intérieurs d'officiers, Simonis Empis, 1896.
- Louis Brunet, Fille de France, Paris, C. Delagrave, 1899.
- Alphonse Gallais, Amours d'Apaches, roman de la basse pègre, Paris, P. Fort, 1903.
- Georges Courteline, Boubouroche, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, [1907]
- Alfred Capus, L'Oiseau blessé, suivi de Les Passagères, coll. Modern-Théâtre », Paris, Fayard, s.d.
- Comte Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karénine : pages choisies, Paris, J. Ferenczi, s.d.
- Maxim Gorky, L'amour mortel [et autres textes], illustrations hors texte de Gottlob et Poulbot, Paris, J. Ferenczi s.d.
References
edit- ^ a b c Fanelli & Godoli 1987, p. 340.
- ^ a b Fernand-Louis Gottlob, Art in Print.
- ^ a b Smith & Nault.
- ^ L'Estampe Moderne, Christian Richet.
- ^ a b Appelbaum 1978, p. x.
- ^ 2e Exposition des Peintres Lithographes, V&A.
- ^ Wolfe 1981, p. 44.
- ^ Affiche for the 2e Exposition des Peintres Lithographes, Newegg.
- ^ Wrigley 2014.
- ^ Castleman 1998, p. 10.
Sources
edit- 2e Exposition des Peintres Lithographes, V&A: Victoria and Albert Museum, retrieved 2019-10-28
- "Affiche for the 2e Exposition des Peintres Lithographes", Newegg, retrieved 2019-10-28
- Appelbaum, Stanley (1978), "Fernand-Louis Gottlob", French Satirical Drawings from "L'Assiette Au Beurre": Selection, Translations, and Text, Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 0486235831
- Castleman, Riva (March 1998), Toulouse-Lautrec: posters and prints from the collection of Irene and Howard Stein, High Museum of Art, ISBN 9780939802845, retrieved 28 October 2019
- Fanelli, Giovanni M.; Godoli, Ezio (1987), "Fernand Louis GOTTLOB", Art Nouveau Postcards, Random House Incorporated, ISBN 978-0-8478-0832-8, retrieved 28 October 2019
- "Fernand-Louis Gottlob", Art in Print, archived from the original on 2008-12-03, retrieved 2012-05-11
- L'Estampe Moderne (in French), Christian Richet, retrieved 2019-10-28
- Smith, Jason; Nault, Raymond, "Fernand Gottlob", Parisian Art Discovery, The Cornet Group, retrieved 2019-10-28
- Wolfe, Diana Ewan (1 June 1981), Prints about prints, Martin Gordon, ISBN 9780931036071, retrieved 28 October 2019
- Wrigley, Richard (17 October 2014), The Flâneur Abroad: Historical and International Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4438-6981-2, retrieved 28 October 2019