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Rene Georges Hermann-Paul (1864-1940)
Hermann-Paul,
born in Paris, studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs
and at the Académie Julian where he was the student
of Henri Lerolle and Gustave Colin. He soon made a name
for himself as a painter of genre scenes, a printmaker,
illustrator, and draftsman. He was elected a member of
the Salon d'Automne, and became a professor at the École
des Beaux Arts in Paris. He was known for his satirical
drawings which poked mild fun at the bourgeoisie. He
kept his career as a painter quite separate from his
work as an illustrator, and his canvases owed a great
deal to Cézanne whom he greatly admired. He exhibited
with the Nabis, including Bonnard, Vuillard, and Denis.
Hermann-Paul
was known for his albums of prints. Among the best known
were La Vie de Monsieur Quelconque and La Vie de Madame
Quelconque, two albums of ten black and white lithographs
each, published in 1894 and 1895. He was one of a group
of French artists in the late 19th century who used both
traditional printmaking processes and the new photomechanical
relief-printed imagery to disseminate their images as
widely as possible. The group included Théophile
Steinlen, Henri Rivière, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,
Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, and Félix Vallotton.
His
illustrations appeared in the leading Parisian journals
of the day, including L'Assiette au beurre, Le Canard
Sauvage, Candide, Le Courrier Européen, Le Courier
Français, Les droits de l'Homme, L' Escarmouche,
L'Homme Libre, La Vie Parisienne, Le Rire, Le Figaro,
and a number others. Among the books he illustrated were
works by Gabriele d'Annunzio, Émile Zola, François
Villon, Gustave Flaubert, and Rabelais.
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