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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.
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First published December 1, 1944
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Albert Dubout
25 books10 followersAlbert Dubout was a French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor.
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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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