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Fernand Fau
Born1858
Poitiers
Died1919
Pairs
NationalityFrench
OccupationIllustrator
Known forCartoons
Pierre Trimouillat by Fernand Fau

Fernand Fau (1858 – 1919) was a French illustrator and cartoonist whose work was widely published in popular journals around the turn of the 19th century.[1]

Biography

Fau was born in Poitiers in 1858.[1] He produced copious illustrations under the pseudonym "Fanfare". He made the illustrations for the drama by Ferny "Le Secret du manifestant" at the "shadow show" in the cabaret Le Chat Noir.[2] He also illustrated the shadow show Une Affaire d'honneur by Jules Juoy at Le Chat Noir.[3] In 1890 Le Chat Noir put on his Idylle, a revue in one act with music by Charles de Sivry.[4] His illustrations appeared in the Chat Noir humorous magazine and also in Le Rire. He illustrated many children's books throughout his career,[1] Fau was also versed in Art Nouveau, and exhibited at the Salon des Cent in 1895.[5]

Fernand Fau died in Paris in 1919.[1]

Illustrated works

Caricature of the poet and singer Maurice Mac-Nab c. 1880
  • Jean Perrot, 34 leçons de choses en images sans paroles à raconter par les petits, deuxième livre d'initiation et d'élocution, F. Nathan
  • Alfred Carel, Les brasseries à femmes de Paris, Paris : E. Monnier, 1884
  • Camille Lemonnier, Les Concubins ; La Glèbe ; Un pèlerinage, Paris, E. Monnier, de Brunhoff, 1886
  • Grand-Carteret, John (1886). Raphaël et Gambrinus, ou, L'art dans la brasserie. L. Westhausser.
  • Devaux, Paul (2011). Les fellatores: mœurs de la décadence 1888. QuestionDeGenre/GKC. ISBN 2908050714. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • de Lano, Pierre (1889). Après l'amour, avec 100 dessins de Fernand Fau: gravure de Rougeron et Vignerot. E. Dentu.
  • Grosclaude (1891). Les Gaietes de L'Annee. Illustrated by Fernand Fau. Paris: E. Dentu.
  • G. Le Faure (1898). La Guerre sous L'Eau. Illustrated by Fernand Fau. Libraire E. Dentu.
  • Georges Courteline, La Peur des coups, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1895
  • Rabelais pour la jeunesse, Gargantua, texte adapté par Marie Butts, Librairie Larousse
  • Rabelais pour la jeunesse, Pantagruel, texte adapté par Marie Butts, Librairie Larousse

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lambiek.
  2. ^ Didier 2009, p. 82.
  3. ^ Segel 1987, p. 78.
  4. ^ Whiting, p. 91.
  5. ^ Devaux 2011, p. 124.
Sources
  • "Works by Ferenand Fau". Gallica. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  • Dictionnaire des illustrateurs, 1800-1914. Sous la direction de Marcus Osterwalder. Éditions Ides et Calendes, 1989, p. 355

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