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Dubout
Gabriel Chevallier writes a Preface, in French, to a collection of cartoons, presented loosely in a portfolio, by Albert Dubout, who he calls 'Un Breughel Marseillais'.
The cartoons are captioned in French and English.
The cartoons are captioned in French and English.
56 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1944
About the author
Gabriel Chevallier
92 books26 followersGabriel Chevallier (3 May 1895 – 6 April 1969) was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle.
Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier was educated in various schools before entering Lyon École des Beaux-Arts in 1911. He was called up at the start of World War I and wounded a year later, but returned to the front where he served as an infantryman until the war's end. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre and Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Following the war he undertook several jobs including art teacher, journalist and commercial traveller before starting to write in 1925. His novel La Peur (Fear) published in 1930 drew upon his own experiences and formed a damning indictment of the war. He was married with one son and died in Cannes in 1969.
Clochemerle was written in 1934 and has been translated into twenty-six languages and sold several million copies. It was dramatised first in a 1947 film by Pierre Chenal and in 1972 by the BBC. He wrote two sequels: Clochemerle Babylon (Clochemerle-Babylone, 1951), and Clochemerle-les-Bains (1963). In the USA the Clochemerle books were published under the English titles The Scandals of Clochemerle (for Clochemerle in 1937) and The Wicked Village (Clochemerle-Babylone, 1956).
Others translated into English include Sainte Colline (1937), Cherry (Ma Petite Amie Pomme, 1940), The Affairs of Flavie or The Euffe Inheritance (Les Héritiers Euffe, 1945) and Mascarade (1948).
Other books in French include Clarisse Vernon, Propre à Rien, Chemins de Solitude and Le Petit Général.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_...
Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier was educated in various schools before entering Lyon École des Beaux-Arts in 1911. He was called up at the start of World War I and wounded a year later, but returned to the front where he served as an infantryman until the war's end. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre and Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Following the war he undertook several jobs including art teacher, journalist and commercial traveller before starting to write in 1925. His novel La Peur (Fear) published in 1930 drew upon his own experiences and formed a damning indictment of the war. He was married with one son and died in Cannes in 1969.
Clochemerle was written in 1934 and has been translated into twenty-six languages and sold several million copies. It was dramatised first in a 1947 film by Pierre Chenal and in 1972 by the BBC. He wrote two sequels: Clochemerle Babylon (Clochemerle-Babylone, 1951), and Clochemerle-les-Bains (1963). In the USA the Clochemerle books were published under the English titles The Scandals of Clochemerle (for Clochemerle in 1937) and The Wicked Village (Clochemerle-Babylone, 1956).
Others translated into English include Sainte Colline (1937), Cherry (Ma Petite Amie Pomme, 1940), The Affairs of Flavie or The Euffe Inheritance (Les Héritiers Euffe, 1945) and Mascarade (1948).
Other books in French include Clarisse Vernon, Propre à Rien, Chemins de Solitude and Le Petit Général.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_...
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January 23, 2025
This collection of large size cartoons by Frenchman Albert Dubout is loosely contained, ie not bound, in an illustrated red suede-like portfolio and contains a French language preface by Gabriel Chevallier with the cartoons themselves bearing captions in both French and English.
Chevallier entitles his Preface 'Un Breughal Marseillais', likening the Marseille-born Dubout's work to that of the Dutch/Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This is not surprising because some of Dubout's work mirrors that of Breugel with people teeming all over the place. This is particularly true of two brilliant double-page prints in this collection of 'House Warming', and particularly 'Judgement Day' both of which are crammed with people just like in Bruegel's second largest painting 'The Procession to Calvary'.
And 'Judgement Day' is my particular favourite in this collection with the Grim Reaper watching over all the activity going on in the underworld, including an arrival area that is labelled 'Purpose of Life' and a paradise where wings are collected! 'House Warming', the French title 'Inauguration au Village' probably sums it up better as the illustration includes the whole village with its thousands of folk, and this runs 'Judgement Day' a close second.
The rest of the collection are scenes of wartime life in Marseille, with the American GI reacting with the locals, mostly in a comic manner, being predominant in a number of them. In his preface, Chevallier states that these are excellent, if somewhat comic, representations of what was going on in the town at the time of publication, which was 1944.
I confess I had never heard of Dubout until I discovered this collection of prints and my copy came to me in a collection of material. While it is not in the finest state (I have repaired it so that it is presentable) it still seems to be rather uncommon and fetching what I would term fancy prices elsewhere.
Chevallier entitles his Preface 'Un Breughal Marseillais', likening the Marseille-born Dubout's work to that of the Dutch/Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This is not surprising because some of Dubout's work mirrors that of Breugel with people teeming all over the place. This is particularly true of two brilliant double-page prints in this collection of 'House Warming', and particularly 'Judgement Day' both of which are crammed with people just like in Bruegel's second largest painting 'The Procession to Calvary'.
And 'Judgement Day' is my particular favourite in this collection with the Grim Reaper watching over all the activity going on in the underworld, including an arrival area that is labelled 'Purpose of Life' and a paradise where wings are collected! 'House Warming', the French title 'Inauguration au Village' probably sums it up better as the illustration includes the whole village with its thousands of folk, and this runs 'Judgement Day' a close second.
The rest of the collection are scenes of wartime life in Marseille, with the American GI reacting with the locals, mostly in a comic manner, being predominant in a number of them. In his preface, Chevallier states that these are excellent, if somewhat comic, representations of what was going on in the town at the time of publication, which was 1944.
I confess I had never heard of Dubout until I discovered this collection of prints and my copy came to me in a collection of material. While it is not in the finest state (I have repaired it so that it is presentable) it still seems to be rather uncommon and fetching what I would term fancy prices elsewhere.
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