Fables de La Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine

en_US Aux Couleurs du Temps

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US adaptées et mises en vers par J. Schnitzler

Creator

en_US de La Fontaine, Jean See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Chauveau, Léopold

en_US Chauveau, Pierre (Preface)

Date

2016-01-25T19:38:14Z

en_US 2005-01

en_US 1992

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:38:14Z

Date Issued

en_US 1992

Abstract

en_US There are twenty-six two-page spreads in this very pleasant landscape-formatted book. In each spread there is a fine piece of watercolor work by Chauveau on the right-hand page. These are simple and surprisingly attractive. Chauveau is at his best, I believe, when he touches, like Edward Gorey, on the slightly threatening or weird. I think here, for example, of Le Savetier et le Financier and La Vieille et les deux Servantes. Other good illustrations include Le Curé et le Mort and Le Loup, la Mère, et l'Enfant. Chauveau is also a master of large areas of simple colors. Almost each of the illustrations is signed by Chauveau in 1921. His grandson writes the preface here. I am delighted to have found this reprint. Chauveau was a caricaturist, sculptor, and writer. He died in 1940.

Identifier

en_US 9783871186059

en_US 5423 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80963

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Circonflexe

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3 Fab 2003c See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole