Figure 1.--Pierre Joubert did not only draw images of French Scouts, but they are some of his finest images and the ones for whichbhe is best remembered.
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Figure 1.--Pierre Joubert did not only draw images of French Scouts, but they are some of his finest images and the ones for whichbhe is best remembered. |
While our knowledge of French children's literature is still limited, we have noted several important French illustarors that have left us with wondeful images of French children and the clothes that that they have worn over time. One of the most important is Pierre Jobert who specialized in Scouting. Maurice Boutet de Monvel was the most successful illustrator in France during the late 19th century. A French reader has suggested Michel Gourlier as an important French illustrator, but HBC at this time knows nothing about him. Hansi or Jean Jacques Waltz was born in Colmar, an Alsatian city that had just been annexed by Germany as a result of the Franco Prussian War. He has left us some wonderful images of Alsatian and French children in the late 19th and early 20th century--many with political overtones. Francisque Poulbot is one of the most famous French illustrators, especially illustrators of children. Poulbot is particularly known for his drawings of Paris street
urchins. While not a major illustrator, Antoine de Saint Exupry, needs to be mentioned because of the importance of his one children's book, The Little Prince which he both wrote and illustrated.
Barbier was a haute coture fashion illustrator and his work appeared in major fashion magazines of the day . He was very well known after World War I in the 1920s. He drew Poiret dresses, for example, the most fashionable designer of the 1920s. His drawing are in the arte noveau style. While most of his drawings focused on womens fashions, he also dis some charming illustratuions with children's fashions.
Maurice Boutet de Monvel was the most successful illustrator in France during the late 19th century.
A French reader has suggested Michel Gourlier as an important French illustrator, but HBC at this time knows nothing about him.
Hansi or Jean Jacques Waltz was born in Colmar, an Alsatian city that had just been annexed by Germany as a result of the Franco Prussian War. He disliked having to persue his eduction in German under the Kaiser and drew sardonic illustrations of Alsatian school life. He was an ardent French patriot. He was a prolific artist and writer. He loved drawing Alsatian folk costume and is perhaps best known for his book on an Alsatian village under German rule, Moi Village published in 1913 just before the onset of World War I which infuriated the Germans. When the Germans entered Alscae again in 1941, he had to flee to Vichy. The Gestapo caught up with him and beat him senless. He spent the rest of te War a refugee in Switzerland.
Pierre Joubert, a French illustrator during the 1950s and 60s, executed hundreds of drawings of French youth. Some were drawn in the 1930s and 40s, but most were produced in the 1950s and 60s. He draw numerous pictures for Boy Scout literature. He also illustrated many "Signe de piste" publications which was most popular in the 1950s and 60s. He illustrated the covers of many books with historical settings, but he also drew to illustrate ordinary activities of French boys.
While not French, Marcel Marlier is almost instantly reconizable to almost every French person. Most of the French grew up learning to read with cheerful illistrations drawn by Marcel Marlier. He illustarted Frebch children at the age that they were beginning to go to school for books that would help them with their reading. His modern and realistic illustrations accuaretly depict, if a little idealized, typical garments that French children were wearing. He began drawing in the early 1950s and chronicled French children through much of the second half of the 20th century.
Francisque Poulbot is one of the most famous French illustrators, especially illustrators of children. Poulbot is particularly known for his drawings of Paris street urchins. Poulbot loved to draw these children as shameless, and often malicious jokesters. Most of Poulbot's work was published in the 1900s-30s. He died in 1946. Given his many anti-German drawings, I'm unsure what happened to him during the German occupation. Many of Poulbot's drawings were sharply aimed at the Germans (le bosch) during World War I (1914-18). Poulbot's drawings illustrate well and highlight the clothes worn by children in the early 20th century. A French reader mentioned that he like Pierre Jobert uses humor in his drawings.
While not a major illustrator, Antoine de Saint Exupry, needs to be mentioned because of the importance of his one children's book, The Little Prince which he both wrote and illustrated. Of course the Little Prince is not just a charming children's book, but tells a story that can only be fully appreciated by adults. The drawings that illustrate it are endearing images.
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