Jean ignace isidore gerard was a french caricaturist, known under the pseudonym of j. The artist chose the name grandville following his fathers lead, who had also adopted the grandville surname his comedian grandparents used as a stage na. Grandville ideas drawings, illustration, lithograph. Jean ignace isidore gerard, known by the pseudonym of j. Les metamorphoses du jour graphic arts princeton university. Grandville j j j j jean jacques grandville abebooks. Grandville created a collection of superb handcolored lithographs. The volume, originally published as a folio of handcolored lithographs, contains a series of 70 scenes in which individuals with the bodies of men and faces of animals are made to play a human comedy. Les metamorphoses du jour by grandville on ursus books, ltd. This book provides an excellent and large sampling of some of grandville s most widely known work. In this series, grandville satirizes the vices of contemporary society by substituting human heads with those of animals.
In the early nineteenthcentury, grandville created several handcolored lithographic books to satirize the bourgeois middle class of parisian society in the romantic period. Mar, 2021 his reputation was established with les metamorphoses du jour 1828. Grandville was the pseudonym of jean ignace isidore gerard. Jean ignace isidore gerard generally known by the pseudonym of jean jacques, j. Jan 07, 2018 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project.
Les metamorphoses du jour by jean ignace isidore gerard 1803. Unlike daumier, grandville abandoned political caricature for book illustration after. Grandville then devoted himself to book illustration and to the world. Jean ignace isidore gerard generally known by the pseudonym of jeanjacques, j. Les metamorphoses du jour 1854 retrouvez les gravures a cette adresse. Jj grandvilles metamorphoses du jour uc berkeley library update. The characters of the book have a human body and an animal face. A seattle pi book patrol blog post from 2010 contains this reprinted listing. His reputation was established with metamorphoses du jour in 1829,and he went on to illustrate numerous other satirical books,as well as literary. Zoomorphoses, lithomorphoses, metamorphoses, metempsychoses. Grandville 18031847 was one of the most influential.
The graphic novel grandville by bryan talbot was great. The unusual prints featured on this page are another example of the creative genius of the french satirical cartoonist jean grandville born jean ignace isidore g rard. French caricaturist jeanjacques grandville 1031847 would have celebrated his 211th birthday last week. Jean ignace isidore gerard september 1803, nancy, meurtheetmoselle 17 march 1847, vanves, generally known by the pseudonym of jean jacques, j. Presentday metamorphoses, a series of 70 scenes in which humananimal figures enacted the human comedy. And as such he is widely known among the lovers of caricatures and pointed political sarcasm. Grandville jean ignaceisidore gerard,18031847,was a caricaturist best known for presenting animals in human form and using them to satirize the french social and political milieu of his period. Plates 171 are numbered and published by bulla in paris. Les metamorphoses du jour jean ignace isidore gerard grandville. Extensively illustrated with wood engravings by the author throughout, including a frontispiece and decorated title page, as well as 36 handcoloured plates. Jean ignaceisidore grandville artist french, 1803 1847. Oct 10, 2019 jean jacques grandville an insect ball 2008. He was born at nancy, in northeastern france, to an artistic and theatrical family. The book also provides very informative synopses and descriptions of the illustrations in english.
Grandville, 18031847, one of the most celebrated caricaturists of his era, published les metamorphoses du jour, a satire of the french bourgeoisie in which he depicted humans whose character was revealed by possessing the heads of beasts, with satiric captions to each lithographed plate. His work was a great influence on artists like john tenniel, gustave dore, rene hausman, jean louis lejeune and bryan talbot. Les metamorphoses du jour enchanted booklet rare book. The graphic novel grandville by bryan talbot was greatly inspired by. Nouvelle edition revue et completee par jules janin. It did not take long until the illustration and the book it appeared in, les metamorphoses du jour, by parisian caricaturist jean grandville, were the talk of the town. Jean grandville is known for satirical art, caricatures for magazines and books, lithographs, drawings. Attack of the beast people, aka the socialmonsters. Scarce oneleaf letterpress introduction signed achille comte. Grandville is a pseudonym used by 19th century french caricature artist and lithographer, jean ignace isidore gerard.
Born in nancy, he took his penname from his grandparents, who had both been actors. Grandville jean ignace isidore gerard about facebook. Grandvilles jean gerard satirical and humorous prints from. The metamorphoses du jour was the work which established grandville s reputation as a brilliant satirical critic of social manners, institutions and prejudices. Its is one of the few thats still out there with good detailed renditions of grandville s drawings. Jeanignaceisidore grandville metamorphoses of the day. Grandville 18031847, les metamorphoses du jour paris. One of the very rare books, valuable not only for collectors.
Thanks to sturdy books and meticulous digitization, his fantastical illustrations live on for generations to enjoy. Par jean jacques grandville les metamorphoses grandville over all size is 10 x 6. Jul 29, 2016 le metamorphoses du jour, metamorphosis of the day, published in 1828, established his fame. Enjoying great success during grandvilles lifetime, les metamorphoses du jour put human language and human behavior into animals, thus creating, with the anthropomorphism, a moral satire of human behavior. Sep 26, 2018 grandville then devoted himself to book illustration and to the world of imagination.
French caricaturist jean jacques grandville 1031847 would have celebrated his 211th birthday last week. Jan 17, 2021 jean ignace isidore gerard september 1803, nancy, meurtheetmoselle 17 march 1847, vanves, generally known by the pseudonym of j. He was born in nancy on september 15, 1803 and died march 17, 1847 in vanves near paris. The french artist jean ignaceisidore gerard went by the name grandville, which was the stage name his grandparents used. In this series, grandville portrays animals in the guise of people in a variety of settings commenting on social, political and cultural issues of the day. Jean ignace isidore gerard grandville wikipedia republished. Grandvilles father, a painter of miniatures, taught jean how to draw and paint. The name grandville was his grandparents professional stage name. Jean ignace isidore gerard grandville 1803 1847 was activelived in france. The french artist jean ignaceisidore gerard went by the name grandville, which was. Jean ignace isidore gerard september, 1803 march 17, 1847, generally known by the pseudonym of j. Aug 03, 2017 one of the very rare books, valuable not only for collectors.
In 73 pen lithographs he parodied the representatives of society by depicting them with animal heads, thereby exposing the abysmal irrationalities of the condition humaine. Les metamorphoses du jour jean ignace isidore gerard. Les metamorphoses grandville 19th century original antique etsy. His intention to satirize the parisian bourgeois class was more than successful. Grandvilles metamorphoses were highly influential to fantastic illustration. Grandville or most commonly simply grandville, was a french caricaturist.
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