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INVENTORY OF CARICATURES OF SALONS AND ARTISTS, 1785-1910
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Title: Caricatures of salons and artists
Date (inclusive): 1785-1910
Collection number: 920048
Extent:
circa 720 items
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Abstract: Caricatures of salons and artists, 1785-1910
Approximately 720 caricatures, most taken from French journals, but also some prints and original drawings. Items parody various
aspects of French culture: the Parisian salons and other art exhibitions; current events and society; and art, literary, and
political figures.
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Language: Collection material is in French.
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Caricatures of salons and artists, 1785-1910, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 920048
Collection formed by the repository through several different acquisitions.
By the 19th century, caricature in France had become a highly evolved form of public discourse about famous figures (politicans,
artists and writers, etc.) and the events of the day. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, French periodicals such as
La vie parisienne,
Le journal amusant,
Le petit journal pour rire and
Le charivari became well-known for the caricatures they published. Caricaturists (many of whom published under pseudonyms) themselves
became public figures.
Scope and Content of Collection
This artificial collection, assembled by the repository, contains approximately 720 French caricatures of the Parisian salons
and other exhibitions, artists and art world types, literary figures, politicians and current events. Most of the caricatures
are from the 19th century.
Most caricatures are on sheets from disbound journals, such as
La vie parisianne,
Le journal amusant,
Le petit journal pour rire , and
Le charivari. Caricaturists include Bertall, Cham, Daumier, Gavarni, Gill, Grévin, Mars, Nadar, Stop (pseudonym for Morel-Retz) and others.
The collection includes a few prints and 12 original drawings, of which some are sketches by Grévin.
Among the artists caricatured are Carpeaux, Corot, Courbet, the architect Charles Garnier, Gérome, Ingres, Manet, the photographer
Nadar, and Seurat. Other caricatures portray art critics, collectors, dealers, and the art viewing public. In addition to
caricaturing artists and art events (especially the salons), the drawings also parody French literary figures (including Champfleury
and Edmond About), politicans, and events such as the development of photography and construction of the Eiffel Tower. There
is also one folder containing caricatures of caricaturists.
The journals in this collection often contain several caricatures relating to a number of subjects. For cataloging purposes,
however, the citation for a journal may list only one caricature title. In some cases a listing of additional subjects has
been attempted, but these listings are not considered exhaustive. Further investigation on the part of the researcher is therefore
strongly encouraged.
(cut) = Indicates that the item has been cut from its original journal, and that pertinent information may therefore be missing.
Many of these cut items are mounted on paper.
Arrangement
The prints are arranged in 3 series:
Series I. Caricatures of salon exhibitions, 1785-1910
Series II. Caricatures of artists and other subjects, 1821-1910
Series III. Original drawings, undated
About, Edmond, 1828-1885
Carpeaux, Jean Baptiste, 1827-1875
Castagnary, 1830-1888
Champfleury, 1821-1889
Claretie, Jules, 1840-1913
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille, 1796-1875
Courbet, Gustave, 1819-1877
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883
Garnier, Charles, 1825-1898
Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867
Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883
Nadar, Paul, 1856-1939
Seurat, Georges, 1859-1891
Artists—France—Paris
Caricature—France
Caricature—France—Exhibitions
Caricature—France—Periodicals
French wit and humor
French wit and humor—Periodicals
Political Satire—Periodicals
Salons—France—Paris
Salons—France—History—Exhibitions
Paris (France)—Intellectual life
Paris (France)—Social life and customs—Caricatures and cartoons
Paris (France)—Social life and customs—Humor
Paris (France)—Social life and customs—Periodicals
Lithographs—France—19th century
Caricatures
Caricatures—France—19th century
Drawings—France—19th century
Prints—France—19th century
Sketches
Bertall, 1820-1882
Cham, 1819-1879
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Gavarni, Paul, 1806-1866
Gill, Andre, 1840-1885
Grévin, Alfred, 1827-1892
Hadol, Paul, 1835-1875
Mars, 1849-1912
Morel-Retz, Louis Pierre Gabriel Bernard, 1825-1899
Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910
Pelcoq, Jules
Robida, Albert, 1848-1926
Le Charivari Le Journal pour rire Journal amusant