Fernand Fau

Fernand Fau
Born	13 July 1858 Poitiers
Died	27 November 1915 (1915-11-28) (aged 57) Paris
Nationality	French
Occupation	Illustrator
Known for	Cartoons

Pierre Trimouillat by Fernand Fau

Fernand Fau (13 July 1858 - 27 November 1915) was a French illustrator and cartoonist whose work was widely published in popular journals around the turn of the 19th century.[1]

Biography

Fau was born in Poitiers in 1858.[1] He produced copious illustrations under the pseudonym "Fanfare". He made the illustrations for the drama by Ferny "Le Secret du manifestant" at the "shadow show" in the cabaret Le Chat Noir.[2] He also illustrated the shadow show Une Affaire d'honneur by Jules Jouy at Le Chat Noir.[3] In 1890 Le Chat Noir put on his Idylle, a revue in one act with music by Charles de Sivry.[4] His illustrations appeared in the Chat Noir humorous magazine and also in Le Rire. He illustrated many children's books throughout his career,[1] and was a satirist.[5] Fau was also versed in Art Nouveau, and exhibited at the Salon des Cent in 1895.[6]

Fernand Fau died in Paris in 1915.[1]

Illustrated works

Caricature of the poet and singer Maurice Mac-Nab c. 1880

• Jean Perrot, 34 leçons de choses en images sans paroles à raconter par les petits, deuxième livre d'initiation et d'élocution, F. Nathan
• Alfred Carel, Les brasseries à femmes de Paris, Paris : E. Monnier, 1884
• Camille Lemonnier, Les Concubins; La Glèbe; Un pèlerinage, Paris, E. Monnier, de Brunhoff, 1886
• Grand-Carteret, John (1886). Raphaël et Gambrinus, ou, L'art dans la brasserie. L. Westhausser. p. 50.
• Devaux, Paul (2011). Les fellatores: mœurs de la décadence 1888. QuestionDeGenre/GKC. ISBN 978-2908050714.
• de Lano, Pierre (1889). Après l'amour, avec 100 dessins de Fernand Fau: gravure de Rougeron et Vignerot. E. Dentu.
• Grosclaude (1891). Les Gaietes de L'Annee. Illustrated by Fernand Fau. Paris: E. Dentu.
• G. Le Faure (1898). La Guerre sous L'Eau. Illustrated by Fernand Fau. Libraire E. Dentu.
• Georges Courteline, La Peur des coups, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1895
• Rabelais pour la jeunesse, Gargantua, texte adapté par Marie Butts, Librairie Larousse
• Rabelais pour la jeunesse, Pantagruel, texte adapté par Marie Butts, Librairie Larousse

References

1. Lambiek.
2. Didier 2009, p. 82.
3. Segel 1987, p. 78.
4. Whiting 1999, p. 91.
5. Toepfer, Karl (2019-08-19). Pantomime: The History and Metamorphosis of a Theatrical Ideology. Vosuri Media. ISBN 978-1-7332497-3-7.
6. Devaux 2011, p. 124.

Sources

• Didier, Bénédicte (2009). Petites revues et esprit bohème à la fin du XIXe siècle, 1878-1889: Panurge, le Chat noir, la Vogue, le Décadent, la Plume. Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2296079236.
• "Fernand Fau". Lambiek. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
• Segel, Harold B. (1987). Turn-Of-The-Century Cabaret: Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Cracow, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Zurich. Columbia University Press. p. 78. ISBN 023105128X.
• Whiting, Steven Moore (1999). Satie the Bohemian: From Cabaret to Concert Hall. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198164580.

External links

• "Works by Fernand Fau". Gallica. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
• Dictionnaire des illustrateurs, 1800–1914. Sous la direction de Marcus Osterwalder. Éditions Ides et Calendes, 1989, p. 355