''L'Illustration'' (; 1843–1944) was a

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illustrated weekly

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published in Paris. It was founded by

Édouard Charton Édouard Charton (; 11 May 1807 – 27 February 1890) was a French literary figure who founded the magazine ''Le Magasin pittoresque,'' and served as its editor-in-chief for fifty-five years (1833–88). He also served as director of publicat ...

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

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

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

Gaston Leroux Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (; 6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (, 1909), which has been made int ...

' novel ''

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'' 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

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, while it was owned by the Baschet family, ''L'Illustration'' supported Marshal

Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (; 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Marshal Pétain (, ), was a French marshal who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Collaboration with Nazi Ger ...

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, but turned down pro-German articles by French aristocrat and diplomat

Jacques Bouly de Lesdain Jacques Bouly de Lesdain (4 October 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 organis ...

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

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. 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 ...

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 Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931) was a French photographer who was famous for taking color autochromes during World War I. Life He was born near Fontainebleau in Avon, Seine-et-Marne, south of Paris. He emigrated with his paren ...

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 mag ...

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 F ...

* Pharamond Blanchard *

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

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 Swiss painter and illustrator. Born of prosperous parents who taught him to appreciate art and the countryside, he first trained as an architect but quickly realised his vocation was p ...

* Cami * Caran d'Ache *

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Henry Cheffer Henri-Lucien Cheffer (30 December 1880, Paris – 3 May 1957) was a French people, French painter, engraver and illustrator. Cheffer was chiefly known for his postage stamp designs, the first of which he designed in 1911. He also designed bank not ...

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

* Draner * Durand-Brager *

Jules Férat Jules-Descartes Férat (1829, Ham, Somme – 1906, Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents i ...

Forain Jean-Louis Forain (; 23 October 1852 – 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph. Compared to many of his Impressionist colleagues, he was m ...

* Gustave Fraipont * Gavarni *

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 ...

Henri Gervex Henri Gervex (10 December 1852 – 7 June 1929) was a French painter who studied painting under Alexandre Cabanel, Pierre-Nicolas Brisset, and Eugène Fromentin. Biography Early years He was the son of Joséphine Peltier and Félix Nicolas Gerve ...

* Victor Gilbert * Jules Girardet *

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 Eugène Samuel Grasset (; 25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Époque. He is considered a pioneer in Art Nouveau design. Biography ...

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 Dudley Hardy Royal Institute of Oil Painters, ROI Royal Society of British Artists, RBA (15 January 1867 – 11 August 1922) was an English painter and illustrator. Life and work Hardy was the eldest son of the marine painter Thomas Bush Hardy ...

* Charles Hoffbauer * Janet-Lange * Jeanniot *

Lucien Jonas Lucien Hector Jonas (8 April 1880 – 20 September 1947) was a French painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad ...

* Kupka * Jules Laurens * Charles Léandre * 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, he was widely known for his distinctly stylized ...

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

* Georges Scott

Gallery

References

Sources

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External links

Official website of L'Illustration company which have published ''L'Illustration''
* Hathi Trust
''L'Illustration''
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