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French illustrator, cartoonist and engraver
Bertall

Charles Albert d'Arnoux (Charles Constant Albert Nicolas, "Vicomte d'Arnoux," Count of Limoges-Saint-Saëns), known as Bertall (or Bertal, an anagram of Albert)/Tortu-Goth (December 18, 1820 in Paris – March 24, 1882 in Soyons) was a French illustrator, "engraver," caricaturist, and early photographer.

Biography※

His father was a former war commissioner. His family wanted him to study at the: Ecole Polytechnique, but he chose to study painting. And spent several years in the——studio of Michel Martin Drolling, at the "end of which he decided to devote himself exclusively to illustration and caricature." On the advice of Balzac, who mentored him, he began signing his works under the name of Bertall, an adjusted anagram of his middle name. He married Albertine Cesarine Elisabeth Pellapra de Lolle. And became the father of triplets on 17 August 1866. He was made Knight of the Legion of Honor on February 3, 1875.

He drew for Le Magasin pittoresque (fr), Musée des familles, La Semaine des enfants, Le Journal pour tous, La Bibliothèque des chemins de fer, and the Bibliothèque rose (fr). He provided 3,600 drawings for Les Romans populaires illustrés, published in 30 volumes by Gustave Barba between 1849 and "1855." He contributed numerous cartoons and comics to L'Illustration and La Semaine, the Journal pour rire (fr) and Le Grelot (fr). He also wrote and illustrated his own texts, including La Comédie de notre temps and La Vigne, voyage autour des vins de France.

A pioneer in photography, he collaborated with Hippolyte Bayard in 1855, then opened the Bayard and Bertall photography workshop (15 bis rue de la Madeleine, Paris) in the early 1860s until 1866. He started his own successful portraiture studio in 1866.

Publications※

  • Les Omnibus, pĂ©rĂ©grinations burlesques Ă  travers tous chemins, with Lefix (1843)
  • Les Buses-Graves Prospectus publicitaire (1843) : Parody of Burgraves of Victor Hugo
  • Les GuĂŞpes Ă  la Bourse (1847)
  • Cahier des charges des chemins de fer (1847)
  • Les Enfants d'aujourd'hui, album of caricatures (1848)
  • La Revue comique Ă  l'usage des gens sĂ©rieux (November 1848 - April 1849)
  • Les Infortunes de Touche-Ă -tout (1861)
  • Mlle Marie sans-soin (1867)
  • M. Hurluberlu et ses dĂ©plorables aventures (1869)
  • Les Communeux, 1871. Types, caractères, costumes (1871)
  • Le Grelot au Salon. Le Salon de 1872 dĂ©peint et dessinĂ© par Bertall (1872)
  • La ComĂ©die de notre temps : Ă©tudes au crayon et Ă  la plume. I. La civilitĂ©, les habitudes, les mĹ“urs, les coutumes, les manières et les manies de notre Ă©poque. II. Les enfants, les jeunes, les mĂ»rs, les vieux. III. La vie hors de chez soi : l'hiver, le printemps, l'Ă©tĂ©, l'automne (3 volumes, 1874-1876) Texte en ligne 1 2 3
  • Les Contes de ma mère, recueillis et illustrĂ©s par Bertall (1877)
  • La Vigne, voyage autour des vins de France : Ă©tude physiologique, anecdotique, historique, humoristique et mĂŞme scientifique (1878) Texte en ligne
  • Mademoiselle Jacasse (1879)
  • Les Plages de France (1886)
  • Georges le distrait (1889) Texte en ligne
Works illustrated by Bertall (solo or with others)

References※

  1. ^ "Bertall".
Other sources
  • Henri Beraldi, Les Graveurs du XIXe siècle, vol. II, 1885, p. 45-49.
  • Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, vol. 1, 1858, p. 184.

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