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Charles Albert d'Arnoux (Charles Constant Albert Nicolas, Vicomte d'Arnoux, Count of Limoges-Saint-Saëns), known as ''Bertall'' (or Bertal, an anagram of Albert) or Tortu-Goth (December 18, 1820 in
Paris
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– March 24, 1882 in
Soyons) was a French illustrator, engraver, caricaturist, and early photographer.
Biography
His father was a former war commissioner. His family wanted him to study at the
Ecole Polytechnique, but he chose to study painting, and spent several years in the studio of
Michel Martin Drolling
Michel Martin Drolling (7 March 1786 – 9 January 1851) was a neoclassic French painter, painter of history and portraitist.
Biography
He was born in Paris. There, he began painting under the supervision of his father, the painter Martin Dr ...
, at the end of which he decided to devote himself exclusively to illustration and caricature. On the advice of
Balzac, who mentored him, he began signing his works under the name of Bertall, an adjusted
anagram
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of his middle name. He married Albertine Cesarine Elisabeth Pellapra de Lolle and became the father of triplets on 17 August 1866. He was made Knight of the Legion of Honor on February 3, 1875.
He drew for ''
Le Magasin pittoresque'' (
fr), ''
Musée des familles
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'', ''La Semaine des enfants'', ''Le Journal pour tous'', ''La Bibliothèque des chemins de fer'', and the
Bibliothèque rose (
fr). He provided 3,600 drawings for ''Les Romans populaires illustrés'', published in 30 volumes by Gustave Barba between 1849 and 1855. He contributed numerous cartoons and comics to ''
L'Illustration
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'' and ''La Semaine'', the ''
Journal pour rire'' (
fr) and ''
Le Grelot'' (
fr). He also wrote and illustrated his own texts, including ''La Comédie de notre temps'' and ''La Vigne, voyage autour des vins de France''.
A pioneer in photography, he collaborated with
Hippolyte Bayard
Hippolyte Bayard (20 January 1801 – 14 May 1887) was a French photographer and pioneer in the history of photography. He invented his own process that produced direct positive paper prints in the camera and presented the world's first public e ...
in 1855, then opened the Bayard and Bertall photography workshop (15 bis rue de la Madeleine, Paris) in the early 1860s until 1866. He started his own successful portraiture studio in 1866.
Publications
*''Les Omnibus, pérégrinations burlesques à travers tous chemins'', with Lefix (1843)
*''Les Buses-Graves'' Prospectus publicitaire (1843) : Parody of ''Burgraves'' of
Victor Hugo
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*''Les Guêpes à la Bourse'' (1847)
*''Cahier des charges des chemins de fer'' (1847)
*''Les Enfants d'aujourd'hui'', album of caricatures (1848)
*''La Revue comique à l'usage des gens sérieux'' (November 1848 - April 1849)
*''Les Infortunes de Touche-à-tout'' (1861)
*''Mlle Marie sans-soin'' (1867)
*''M. Hurluberlu et ses déplorables aventures'' (1869)
*''Les Communeux, 1871. Types, caractères, costumes'' (1871)
*''Le Grelot au Salon. Le Salon de 1872 dépeint et dessiné par Bertall'' (1872)
*''La Comédie de notre temps : études au crayon et à la plume. I. La civilité, les habitudes, les mœurs, les coutumes, les manières et les manies de notre époque. II. Les enfants, les jeunes, les mûrs, les vieux. III. La vie hors de chez soi : l'hiver, le printemps, l'été, l'automne'' (3 volumes, 1874-1876)
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*''Les Contes de ma mère, recueillis et illustrés par Bertall'' (1877)
*''La Vigne, voyage autour des vins de France : étude physiologique, anecdotique, historique, humoristique et même scientifique'' (1878) Texte en ligne
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*''Mademoiselle Jacasse'' (1879)
*''Les Plages de France'' (1886)
*''Georges le distrait'' (1889) Texte en ligne
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;Works illustrated by Bertall (solo or with others)
* Balzac : ''Œuvres complètes'' (20 volumes, 1842-1855)
* Eugène Briffault : ''Paris dans l'eau'' (1843)
* Pierre-Jules Hetzel
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Born in Ch ...
: ''Nouvelles et Véritables Aventures de Tom Pouce'' (1844)
*Collectif : ''Le Diable à Paris. Paris et les Parisiens. Mœurs et coutumes, caractères et portraits des habitants de Paris, tableau complet de leur vie privée, publique, politique, artistique, littéraire, industrielle, etc.'' (2 volumes, 1845-1846)
*Balzac : ''Petites Misères de la vie conjugale'' (1845)
* Alexandre Dumas
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: ''La Bouillie de la comtesse Berthe'' (1845)
*Alexandre Dumas : ''Histoire d'un casse-noisette'' (1845)
* Paul Féval
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: ''Contes de nos pères'' (1845)
* Maurice Alhoy
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: ''Les Bagnes'' (1845)
*Maurice Alhoy et Louis Lurine
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: ''Les Prisons de Paris'' (1846)
* Octave Feuillet
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: ''Vie de Polichinelle et ses nombreuses aventures'' (1846)
* Léon Gozlan
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: ''Aventures du prince Chènevis'' (1846)
* Émile Souvestre
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: ''Le Monde tel qu'il sera'' (1846)
*Eugène Briffault : ''Paris à table'' (1846)
* Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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: ''Physiologie du goût'' (1848)
* Nicolas Boileau
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: ''Œuvres poétiques'' (1846)
* Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
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: ''Paul et Virginie'' (1849)
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* Charles Perrault
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: ''Contes'' (1852)
* Georges Bonnefond : ''Les Hôtels historiques de Paris'' (1852)
* Hoffmann
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: ''Contes fantastiques'' (1856)
* Jacques Porchat : ''Contes merveilleux'' (1858)
* Paul Boiteau : ''Légendes pour les enfants'' (1861)
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: ''Les Petites filles modèles'' (1863)
* Wilhelm Hauff
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: ''L'Auberge du Spessart, contes allemands'' (1863)
* Arthur de Gravillon : ''La Malice des choses'' (1867)
* Edmond Auguste Texier : ''Le Journal et le journaliste'' (1868)
* Miguel de Cervantes
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* Alphonse Daudet
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: ''Les Petits Robinsons des caves ou le siège de Paris'' (1872)
* Jean Macé
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, ''Contes du petit château'' (1876)
* Paul de Kock
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* Arthur de Rothschild
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* Nathaniel Hawthorne
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References
;Other sources
* Henri Beraldi, ''Les Graveurs du XIXe siècle'', vol. II, 1885, p. 45-49.
* Gustave Vapereau, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains,'' vol. 1, 1858, p. 184.
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French photographers
French illustrators
French engravers
French caricaturists
Artists from Paris
1820 births
1882 deaths