''L'Illustration'' was a weekly

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. It was founded by

Édouard Charton Édouard Charton (11 May 1807 – 27 February 1890) was an eminent French literary figure who was the founder and, for fifty-five years (1833–88), editor-in-chief of the publication '' Le Magazin pittoresque'', in addition to serving for thi ...

with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, after 1906, the first international illustrated magazine; distributed in 150 countries.

History

In 1891, ''L'Illustration'' became the first French newspaper to publish a

photograph A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are now create ...

. Many of these photographs came from syndicated photo-press agencies like

Chusseau-Flaviens Charles Chusseau-Flaviens (13 February 1866 – 15 October 1928) was a self-employed French photojournalist from the 1890s to the 1910s. His distribution of other photographer's work for publication created one of the first photo press agencies, ...

, but the publication also employed its own photographers such as

Léon Gimpel Léon Gimpel (13 May 1873 – 7 October 1948) was a French photographer. Born in Strasbourg in 1873. He was the youngest son of four, born to a Jewish Alsacian family who fled to Paris after Germany took over Alsace in 1870. Gimpel worked f ...

and others. In 1907, ''L'Illustration'' was the first to publish a ''color'' photograph. It also published Gaston Leroux' novel ''

Le mystère de la chambre jaune ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (in French ''Le mystère de la chambre jaune'') is a mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux. One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical ...

'' as a serial a year before its 1908 release.

La Petite Illustration ''La Petite Illustration'' was a weekly French literary journal. Being a supplement to ''L'Illustration'' it existed between 1913 and 26 August 1939. History and profile ''La Petite Illustration'' was founded in 1913. It was a newspaper supplemen ...

was the name of the supplement to L'Illustration that published fiction, plays, and other arts-related material. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, while it was owned by the Baschet family, ''L'Illustration'' supported Marshal Philippe Pétain's Révolution nationale, but turned down pro-German articles by

Jacques Bouly de Lesdain Jacques Bouly de Lesdain (1880-1975) was a French aristocrat, lawyer and diplomat. He was the author of several travel books about Asia and political books about Germany. He was the political editor of ''L'Illustration'' and he organised anti-Free ...

. However, Lesdain later became its political editor. The magazine was shut down in 1944 following the

Liberation of Paris The liberation of Paris (french: Libération de Paris) was a military battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germ ...

. Another version re-opened in 1945 under the name ''France-Illustration'', but went bankrupt in 1957.

Notable contributors

Editor-in-chief

* Gaston Sorbets (from 1923).

Journalists

Gustave Babin Gustave Babin (8 July 1865 – Casablanca 1939) was a French journalist and art critic. Much of his work was published in ''L'Illustration'' (1893 to 1923) and ''Journal des débats''. He was a friend of Paul Armand Silvestre who introduced him t ...

Writers

* Brada

Notable photographers

Joshua Benoliel Joshua Benoliel (13 January 1873 – 3 February 1932) was a Portuguese photojournalist. He was the official photographer for King Carlos I of Portugal. Biography Joshua Benoliel was born in Lisbon, to Judah Benoliel, a Gibraltar-born Jewish ...

* Victor Bulla * Blanquart-Evrard * Brébisson * Disdéri * Jules Gervais-Courtellemont *

Jimmy Hare James H. Hare (3 October 1856 – 24 June 1946) was an English photojournalist active between 1898 and 1931. He was the leading photographer during five major wars, and was the driving force behind '' Collier's'' becoming a large circulation m ...

Gustave Le Gray Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray (; 30 August 1820 – 30 July 1884)Le Corre, Florence "Translated from the catalogue ''Une visite au camp de Châlons sous le Second Empire: photographies de Messieurs Le Gray, Prévot...'', Paris: musée de l'Armée, ...

* Mayer et Pierson

Notable illustrators (1843-1914)

* Andriolli *

Bertall 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 – March 24, 1882 in Soyons) was a Fre ...

Pharamond Blanchard Henri Pierre Léon Pharamond Blanchard (1805–1873) was a French lithographer, and painter of landscapes and historical subjects. Life Blanchard was born at La Guillotière, a suburb of Lyon, in 1805. He studied under Antoine-Jean Gros, tra ...

Karl Bodmer Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator and hunter. Known as Karl Bodmer in literature and paintings, as a Swiss and French c ...

Joseph-Félix Bouchor Joseph-Félix Bouchor (15 September 1853 – 27 October 1937) was a French painter noted for his portraits and his Orientalist themes. Biography The artist was born in Paris. He studied at the Beaux-Arts. Joseph-Felix Bouchor exhibited his ...

Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun (Marseille, 3 November 1853, Marseille; 5 November 1941) was a French painter, a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Carolus-Duran and Félix Bracquemond. He is especially known for his many marine paintings and a collection ...

Eugène Burnand Eugène Burnand (; 30 August 1850 – 4 February 1921) was a prolific Switzerland, Swiss Painting, painter and illustrator from Moudon, Switzerland. Born of prosperous parents who taught him to appreciate art and the countryside, he first trained ...

* Cami * Caran d'Ache * Cham * Henry Cheffer *

Dagnan-Bouveret Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (7 January 1852 – 3 July 1929), was one of the leading French artists of the naturalist school. Biography He was born in Paris, the son of a tailor, and was raised by his grandfather after his father ...

Draner Draner, actually Jules Joseph Georges Renard (12 November 1833 in Liège – 1926 in Paris), was a Belgian painter, Illustrator and cartoonist. Draner, who began working as an illustrator for renowned newspapers in 1861 and resided in Paris, ...

* Durand-Brager *

Jules Férat Jules-Descartes Férat (1829, Ham, Somme – 1906, Paris) was a French artist and illustrator, famous for his portrayals of factories and their workers. He illustrated the books of many known authors, such as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, an ...

* Forain *

Gustave Fraipont Gustave Fraipont (1849, Brussels – 1923, Paris) was a painter, sculptor, illustrator and poster-designer. Born in Belgium, he later became a naturalised French citizen. Professor of drawing at the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur ...

Gavarni Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris. Early career Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of Cooper (profession), coopers f ...

Henry Gerbault 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 Su ...

* Henri Gervex * Victor Gilbert *

Jules Girardet Jules Girardet (10 April 1856, in Versailles – 25 January 1938, in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French painter and illustrator of Swiss ancestry. Biography He came from a Swiss Huguenot family. His father was the engraver, Paul Girardet. He s ...

Karl Girardet Karl Girardet (born Charles Girardet; 7 May 1813, in Le Locle – 24 April 1871, in Versailles) was a Swiss painter and illustrator, who lived and worked mostly in Paris. After beginning his career as a landscape painter, he became a renowned his ...

* Grandville * Eugène Grasset *

Albert Guillaume Albert Guillaume (14 February 1873 – 10 August 1942) was a French painter and caricaturist. Born in Paris, France, Albert Guillaume became a leading caricaturist during the Belle Époque. While remembered for his poster art, Guillaume also di ...

* Dudley Hardy * Charles Hoffbauer * Janet-Lange * Jeanniot * Lucien Jonas *

Kupka Kupka is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist * Stephen Kupka Tower of Power is an American R&B and funk based band and horn section, originating in Oakland, C ...

Jules Laurens Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens, commonly known as Jules Laurens, (26 July 1825, Carpentras - 5 May 1901, Saint-Didier, Vaucluse) was a French artist in drawing, painting, and lithography who is remembered above all for his orientalism, Oriental wo ...

Charles Léandre Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

* Lorsay * Louis Malteste *

Malo-Renault Émile Auguste Renault, better known by his pseudonym Malo-Renault, was a French pastelist, color engraver and illustrator. He was born in Saint-Malo on October 5, 1870, and died in Le Havre on July 19, 1938. Biography Renault began drawing f ...

Alfons Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decora ...

Louis Rémy Sabattier Louis Rémy Sabattier (23 May 1863 – 1935) was a French artist best known for his work for the magazine l Illustration'' over a forty-year period. Early years Louis Rémy Sabattier was born in Annonay, Ardèche on 23 May 1863. In 1878 he enter ...

Georges Scott Georges Bertin Scott (10 June 1873 – 10 January 1943)Official website of L'Illustration company which have published ''L'Illustration''
* Hathi Trust
''L'Illustration''
digitized issues {{DEFAULTSORT:Illustration 1843 establishments in France 1944 disestablishments in France Defunct newspapers published in France Defunct weekly newspapers Newspapers published in Paris Publications established in 1843 Magazines disestablished in 1944 Newspapers of the Vichy regime Weekly magazines published in France Magazines established in 1906 Defunct magazines published in France