L'Illustration: Journal Hebdomadaire Universel. No 4787. 1er Décembre 1934

Title

en_US L'Illustration: Journal Hebdomadaire Universel. No 4787. 1er Décembre 1934

en_US No 4787. 1er Décembre 1934

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US René Baschet, Directeur. André Mévil

Creator

en_US Mévil, André

Contributor

en_US Various

Date

2016-01-25T19:06:22Z

en_US 1999-01

en_US 1934

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:06:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1934

Abstract

en_US Here is a copy of just the fables article. It is in excellent condition. I include here my remarks on the whole magazine. Talk about a family business: there are four Baschets out of six names on the inside front cover! This number Includes an illustrated article Les Fables de la Fontaine illustrées par les artistes de tous les pays du monde by André Mévil. Drusilla is right: the article is lavish. I do not know if people publish magazines like this these days! Baron Feuillet de Conches conceived the idea of a unique copy of La Fontaine, constituted by the works of artists from all over the world approached to illustrate his fables. As a minister of foreign affairs for decades, he was in an excellent position to make the right contacts to produce such a book. The book never came into existence, but the collection of illustrations made for it was left in the hands of his grandson, M. Jagerschmidt. Typical examples from the collection are offered here. The engravings by French artists (Delacroix, Charlet, Bonheur, and Vernet) are excellent. Even more impressive are the ten illustrations tipped in, particularly those from India (especially MSA), Abyssinia, and Persia (especially of the cat changed into a woman). I count twenty-six illustrations in all. There are summaries in French and English well before the article itself. The diversity of processes that went into making up the art of this magazine is impressive! Even the initial for this article is tipped in!

Identifier

en_US 9197 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79606

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US L'Illustration

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US N7438.I44 no. 4787

en_US Magazine

Type

en_US Book, Whole