Édouard François Zier | |
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![]() Édouard Zier — wood-engraving by Désiré Quesnel | |
Born | Édouard François Zier 1856 Paris, France |
Died | 19 January 1924
Thiais, France | (aged 67–68)
Nationality | French |
Notable work | Illustration, Three Musketeers |
Édouard François Zier (1856 – 19 January 1924) was a French illustrator and painter.
Édouard François Zier was born in Paris in 1856. He received his instructions in art from his father Victor Casimir Zier and later became a pupil of the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. [1]
His first painting, Mort de Caton d'Utique ("Death of Cato"), was exhibited at the Salon of 1874. [2] [3] Charles VI et Odette appeared at the 1880 Salon; [4] these two paintings and also Esther (1883) were purchased by the French State. [2] [5] His Julia (Julie, 1875) on a Roman theme was shown at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition and was awarded a gold medal. [1] [3]
Zier is known foremost however as an illustrator, for a wide variety of genres. [6]
He has illustrated for a number of periodicals, such as L'Illustration, Le Monde illustré, [2] Le Courrier français, and Le Journal de la jeunesse .
Two of the adventures of the comic book series Bécassine (1917 and 1918) were illustrated by Zier while the original artist Joseph-Porphyre Pinchon served in World War I. [7] [8]
A number of published books were illustrated by him, such as The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, [6] [9] Aphrodite by Pierre Louÿs, [2] [10] Le Roman comique by Scarron, [2] La cantiniére du XIIIe siècle by Georges Le Faure, [10] Les Trésors de la fable by Auguste Louvet , Voyages et aventures du Capitaine Marius Cougourdan by Eugène Mouton, [11] Seulette and Le Trésor de Madeleine by Pierre Maël , [11] A l'abordage by Henry de Brisay , [12] Papillonne by Zénaïde Fleuriot. [13]
He died in Thiais on 19 January 1924. [6]