Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard, "Grandville", was born on September 15, 1803, in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, in northeastern France. His parents called him Adolphe, a name that originated from an older brother who had died three months before Grandville was born, and a name that followed him through the rest of his life. He died on March 17, 1847, three days after George's death. Grandville was just 43 years old, but he left behind a massive body of work that ranged across the entire spectrum of graphic art, from political caricature to book illustration.
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With its dreamlike inversions and kaleidoscopic cast of anthropomorphic objects, animals, and plants, the world of French artist J. J. Grandville is at once both delightful and disquieting. Patricia Mainardi explores the unique work of this 19th-century illustrator now recognised as a major precursor and inspiration to the Surrealist movement. J.J. Grandville: A Matter of Line & Death Cynthia Rose | January 2, 2020 Grandville caricatured by Benjamin (Joseph Germain Mathieu) Roubaud in his "Panthéon Charivarique" He was the first star of French caricature's great age. From Gustave Doré to the Walt Disney studios, his zoomorphic cartoons have countless inheritors. 1803-1847 Biography Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, known by the pseudonym of J. J. Grandville. Illustrator, printmaker, painter, draughstman and caricaturist. Born in Nancy, he moved to Paris in 1825. He published different series of satires (pen lithographs to be hand-coloured) such as 'Les Métamorphoses du jour' and the 'Voyage pour l'éternité'. French artist J.J. Grandville (1803-1847) was an influential and prolific illustrator. Today remembered primarily for his political cartoons in pioneering publications such as La Caricature and for his somewhat fantastical illustrations of people and animals, Grandville created a body of work that served as inspiration for later Surrealist artists.
JJ. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (September 13, 1803 - March 17, 1847), generally known by the pseudonym of J.J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist. He was born at Nancy, in northeastern France, to an artistic and theatrical family. The name "Grandville" was his grandparents' professional stage name. February 3 - May 24, 2020 The exhibition in the Central Library highlights the books of the influential French illustrator, J.J. Grandville (1803-1847). From satirical political cartoons to personified flowers, the illustrations of Grandville have been very influential. André Breton, founder of literary Surrealism, acknowledged Grandville as an important inspiration and precursor. In addition, Grandville's innovative format influenced the development of the graphic novel. Considered a significant work in the art of French illustrated books is Grandville's Les fleurs animées, a two-volume book of 1847. In. J. J. Grandville Sep 13, 1803 - Mar 17, 1847 Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, generally known by the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques, J. J. Grandville or most commonly simply Grandville, was a French caricaturist.
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Grandville the Precursor. This 1934 essay casts the nineteenth-century graphic artist J.J. Grandville as a precursor of surrealism, Walt Disney and George Méliès. Mac Orlan claims that his primary motivation in writing the piece is to connect Grandville and cinema, exemplified here by the Technicolor Disney Silly Symphony, The Grasshopper and. Designer J. J. Grandville French Lithographer Langlumé French ca. 1839 Not on view Artwork Details Overview Secondary Titles Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Provenance Catalogue Raisonné References Title: Journey for Eternity, No. 3 Designer: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803-1847 Vanves) Lithographer: Langlumé (French, active 1819-30)
Grandville, J.-J. Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard was a prolific 19th century French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville. He has been called "the first star of French caricature's great age", and Grandville's book illustrations described as featuring "elements of the symbolic, dreamlike, and incongruous, and. J. J. Grandville's Illustrations from The Flowers Personified (1849) "Unhappy the man who never had his eyes fill with tears at the sight of a particular flower. Such a one can have been neither a child nor a youth. He can have had neither mother, sister, nor affianced bride. He never loved."
J.J. Grandville A Matter of Line & Death The Comics Journal
J. J. Grandville Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 - 17 March 1847, France) Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard was a French caricaturist, known under the pseudonym of J. J. Grandville. Born in Nancy, he took his pen name from his grandparents, who had both been actors. Title: Journey for Eternity Artist: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803-1847 Vanves) Lithographer: Langlumé (French, active 1819-30) Date: ca. 1830 Medium: Lithograph on green paper Dimensions: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 10 1/16 in. (34.2 × 25.6 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1952 Accession Number: 52.546.19 (1)
