Charles Émile Egli (known as Carlègle; 30 March 1877 – 11 January 1937) was a Swiss-born illustrator and painter who spent most of his life in Paris.

Early years

Charles Émile Egli was born in

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, Switzerland on 30 March 1877. He was educated in Aigle and then at the college of

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. When he was eighteen he attended engraving classes of Alfred Martin at the school of industrial arts in Geneva. Four year later he moved to Paris, where he stayed the rest of his life. Egli studied at the

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Career

Egli adopted the pseudonym of Carlègle. He soon became known in satirical journals like ''

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'', ''Le Sourire'', '' La Vie Parisienne'', ''L'Assiette au Beurre'', ''Fantasio'', ''La Gazette do Bon Ton'', ''Les Humoristes'' and ''Qui lit rit''. Egli excelled in wood engraving. His illustrations for ''Daphnis et Chloé'' exhibited in the autumn

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of 1913 launched his career. From then until his death in 1937 he illustrated books by classical and contemporary authors such as

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and

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. He was naturalized in 1927. Charles Émile Egli died in Paris on 11 January 1937. He was the subject of a book by Hugues Delorme published in 1939.

Selected works

Books that Egli illustrated include: * ''Carnet d'un Combattant'' by

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, Payot - appeared in 1917, under the pseudonym of lieutenant E.R., with 64 pen drawings * Frontispice in the review ''L'Encrier'', founded by Roger Dévigne in May 1919 * ''La Petite Fille aux Papillotes'', original wood engraving in the review ''L'Encrier'' (15 October-15 November 1919) * ''Daphnis et Chloé'' by Longus, chez Pichon in 1919 * ''Le Train de 8h47'' by

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, Paris, Société littéraires de France * '' Les Linottes'' by

, Paris, Éditions littéraires de France * ''Les Aventures du Roi Pausole'' by Pierre Louys, first published by Fayard (« Modern Bibliothèque ») in 1908, then with different illustrations by Briffaut in 1924 * ''Mon Amie Nane'' by

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, 18 original wood engravings, Paris, Léon Pichon, 1925 * ''Les Contrerimes'' by

, 6 original wood engravings, Brussels, Editions Un Coup de Dés, 1927 * ''Lysistrata'' d'Aristophane, Paris, Éditions Briffaut, 1928 * ''Maxime'' de Duvernois, Babou, 1929 * ''Le Sopha'' de Crébillon, Mornay, 1933 * ''Nudité'' de Colette, La Mappemonde, 1943 (posthumous) * ''L'Arlequin aux Jacinthes'' by Maurice Venoize, Boivin et Cie, undated

Engravings from ''Les Linottes''

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References

Citations Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Egli, Charles Emile 1877 births 1937 deaths 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters