Bernard Étienne Hubert Naudin (11 November 1876, Châteauroux - 7 March 1946, Paris) was a French painter, designer, caricaturist, and engraver.

Biography

He was born into a family of watchmakers and antique dealers. His father, who died in 1890, was also a painter and designer, and served as his first teacher.Élisabeth Dixmier and Michel Dixmier (preface by Madeleine Reberioux), ''L'Assiette au beurre : revue satirique illustrée, 1901-1912'', Éd. François Maspero, 1974, pp.322-324. In 1891, he created his first illustration (a 17th century bagpiper) for

Jean Baffier Jean Baffier (born in Neuvy-le-Barrois, Cher, on 18 November 1851, and died in Paris on 19 April 1920), was a French sculptor. Biography He became known for his bronze figurines (''Le Vigneron'', ''Le Faucheur'', ''Le Vielleux'') and his tin o ...

, the publisher of a literary revue called ''Le Réveil de la Gaule''. The following year, he published his first collection, composed of scenes from the province of

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. In 1893, he moved to Paris and gave guitar lessons to pay for his studies at the

Académie Colarossi The Académie Colarossi (1870–1930) was an art school in Paris founded in 1870 by the Italian model and sculptor Filippo Colarossi. It was originally located on the Île de la Cité, and it moved in 1879 to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the ...

, where he would later become a teacher. In 1897, he was able to obtain a scholarship from the city of Châteauroux, that enabled him to study at the

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with

Léon Bonnat Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Early life Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in Ma ...

. His first exhibition was at the Salon des Indépendants. Soon, he was able to divide his time between a workshop in Paris and his hometown. After 1906, he gave up painting to devote himself exclusively to drawing and printmaking; especially etching. His first large project involved illustrations for ''

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'' (known in France as ''The Man Who Lost His Shadow''), by

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. He also contributed to revues, such as ''

Le Cri de Paris ''Le Cri de Paris'' was an illustrated French political magazine that was founded by Alexandre Natanson in 1897 and was at the beginning a supplement of ''La Revue Blanche''. ''Le Cri de Paris'' title means ''The Paris Protest'' in English, but ...

''. Most notably, he provided drawings and caricatures for the satirical journal '' L'Assiette au Beurre'' (The Butter Plate, equivalent to "pork barrel" in English). From 1909, he created several special issues; on war, homelessness, childhood abuse, and prisons. In 1910, at the request of

Georges Peignot Georges Louis Jean Baptiste Peignot (June 24, 1872 – September 28, 1915) was a French type designer, type founder, and manager of the G. Peignot & Fils foundry until his death in combat during World War I. Father of four children (includi ...

, he designed and engraved a new

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, that was produced by the Deberny & Peignot foundry in 1911 and 1924. He organized his first personal exhibition of drawings and engravings at the

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in 1912. Two years later, at the beginning of World War I, he was drafted to be an infantry sergeant and became a war illustrator; depicting life in the trenches. His frontline work earned him a knighthood in the

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In 1924, he was commissioned to design the

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for the

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in Paris. The following year, he provided all of the illustrations for a catalog celebrating the 150th anniversary of the

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, Houbigant, retracing the history of the establishment created by

Jean-François Houbigant Jean-François Houbigant (21 December 1752 – 22 October 1807) was a French perfumer who founded the second oldest perfumery in France. He established a modest shop in 1775 at 57 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré (which would become No. 19 when th ...

in 1775. He also designed posters and labels.

Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominen ...

, Edgar Allan Poe,

André Suarès André Suarès, born Isaac Félix Suarèshttp://data.bnf.fr/11925703/andre_suares/fr.pdf (12 June 1868, Marseille – 7 September 1948, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) was a French poet and critic. From 1912 onwards, he was one of the four "pillars" o ...

, Georges Duhamel and Anatole France are among the many authors whose works he illustrated. A memorial plaque has been placed on his home in the 14e arrondissement. His students included , , and .

References

External links

* Gustave Flaubert, ''Bouvard et Pécuchet'', illustrations by Bernard Naudin, Édition du Centenaire 1821-1921, Librairie de France, Paris, 1923
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