Henri Gerbault, Henry Gerbault, or Jean Louis Armand Henri Gerbault (24 June 1863 - 19 October 1930) was a French illustrator, water color painter, and poster artist.
He was born in
Châtenay, Paris, France and was the nephew of the poet
Sully Prudhomme
René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme (; 16 March 1839 – 6 September 1907) was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901.
Born in Paris, Prudhomme originall ...
. Henri studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
in Paris to be a painter. Unsuccessful, he began submitting satirical cartoons to various newspaper and magazines. His work was published in magazines such as
La Vie Parisienne, Fantasio, Le Rire, L'Art et la Mode and La Vie Moderne.
During his later years his wife was diagnosed with a chronic illness and they relocated to
Roscoff
Roscoff (; br, Rosko) is a commune in the Finistère département of Brittany in northwestern France.
Roscoff is renowned for its picturesque architecture, labelled (small town of character) since 2009. Roscoff is also a traditional departure ...
, Brittany in 1919.
Henri Gerbault died on 19 October 1930, several years after his wife. They are both buried in the cemetery at Roscoff.
References
External links
lambiek.net
1863 births
1930 deaths
People from Châtenay-Malabry
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
19th-century French illustrators
20th-century French illustrators
19th-century French painters
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French erotic artists
French comics artists
French poster artists
French watercolourists
19th-century French male artists
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