Fernand Louis Gottlob | |
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Born | February 23, 1873 Paris, France |
Died | November 10, 1935 Paris, France |
Occupation | Artist |
Known for | Humorous pictures |
Fernand-Louis Gottlob (February 23, 1873 – November 10, 1935) was a French graphic artist whose caricatures appeared in many humorous magazines.
Fernand Louis Gottlob was born in Paris in 1873. He studied under the painter-decorator Armand Félix Marie Jobbé-Duval (1821–1889). [1] He was also taught by Laporte and G. Fuchs. [2] He became a painter, lithographer, caricaturist, commercial artist, illustrator and graphic designer for song scores. [1] He created portraits, illustrations for books and caricatures that appeared in popular magazines in Paris including Le Rire, Le Journal Amusement and Le Sourire. [3] His work began to be shown in the official salons in 1891. [2]
Gottlob was among the artists who contributed to L'Estampe Moderne, a limited edition series of portfolios of high-quality lithographs that was published monthly from May 1897 and April 1899. [4] His work first appeared in L'Assiette au Beurre in the second issue, on 11 April 1901. [5] He became a member of the Cornet Society in 1904 and, between then and his death designed twelve menus for the society. [3] He died in Paris in 1935. [1]
Gottlob's 1900 poster for the 2nd Exposition of Painter-Lithographers on the Rue Drouot in Paris shows a strong influence of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in its composition. [6] A woman is in front of a large illuminated window, and the dramatic back-lighting emphasizes the dark forms of her dress and hat. [7] He created relatively few posters in his life, but this exposition of posters was one in which he participated. [8] In addition to lithographs and portraits, he painted cityscapes of Paris and landscapes of Normandy and Brittany. [5]
In one of Gottlob's poignant images for the Assiette au Beurre he shows a mother with her children during a snowstorm, in front of the window of a bakery. The mother is explaining, "Ça, mon enfant, c'est du pain" ("That is bread, my child"). [9] In 1916 he designed a poster for the Ligue Souvenez-vous! which they produced in large numbers and also used as a stamp.
In the 1970s Irene and Howard Stein began collecting color posters by well-known artists of the early 20th century such as Mucha, Chéret and Gottlob. Their collection grew with the acquisition of work by Toulouse-Lautrec to become one of the largest such collections in the United States. [10]