tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post6944611895843098595..comments2024-01-01T21:31:27.654-08:00Comments on UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNER: 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CARTOONS AND CARICATURESEddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-87719154758225340082010-12-12T21:24:09.847-08:002010-12-12T21:24:09.847-08:00the 19-chamber revolver in the third picture reall...the 19-chamber revolver in the third picture really cracked me upBen Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784037183594650534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-49204044402346842902010-12-12T15:33:50.163-08:002010-12-12T15:33:50.163-08:00I love these!! I love the 19th century caricaturis...I love these!! I love the 19th century caricaturists!! I can only hope that I can be a great a draftsman as them.Eric Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872046921674512158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-81496910572155657982010-12-12T10:45:01.110-08:002010-12-12T10:45:01.110-08:00"I'm ashamed to say that I don't know..."I'm ashamed to say that I don't know enough about 19th Century French history to comment on the exact political context of these prints."<br /><br />I love you Eddie! You are the only person I know who would say something like this, and mean it. And I know several actual historians! All I know about that period is that it was (I think) a republic at least twice and a monarchy at least twice -- a real mess, in other words. Thanks a lot, Napoleon!Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-70865202949498922010-12-11T09:37:12.372-08:002010-12-11T09:37:12.372-08:00Makes me wonder when the convention of caricatures...Makes me wonder when the convention of caricatures with large heads and small bodies started.<br /><br />Ironically, it was probably around the time of The Enlightenment.<br /><br />And Isn't this pretty much the time when what we know as caricatures began? <br />Before the 18th c. weren't they known as grotesques?<br /><br />just thinkin' out loud.<br /><br />really like that fold oot print.thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18056816250887813090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-85954515209505766722010-12-11T07:31:00.914-08:002010-12-11T07:31:00.914-08:00Very interesting! I've never seen any of thes...Very interesting! I've never seen any of these before. I'd like to know who the artists were. I'm not surprised to hear, from a commenter, that the last one is a Daumier, but I wouldn't have known it on my own.Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-25979373485897646522010-12-11T05:25:16.002-08:002010-12-11T05:25:16.002-08:00Are these done by french cartoonists?Are these done by french cartoonists?Steven M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17284662120928553055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-20887850067684629942010-12-11T05:04:52.112-08:002010-12-11T05:04:52.112-08:00The Daumier, last one, is gorgeous. I don't th...The Daumier, last one, is gorgeous. I don't think I've seen it in color before.Michael Spornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018522723674960270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-44125746598972744602010-12-11T04:42:31.328-08:002010-12-11T04:42:31.328-08:00Those are pretty unusual considering these are fro...Those are pretty unusual considering these are from the 19th century. It seems like most of the cartoons from that time that I've seen (mostly political cartoons) look like slight distortions on real life, and not really funny, IMO. These seem to go against the norm in some ways. What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-81885879041087373382010-12-11T04:34:18.419-08:002010-12-11T04:34:18.419-08:00I love Grandville! His illustrations were used on ...I love Grandville! His illustrations were used on Queen's last album (and masterpiece) Innuendo.<br />http://eva.aws-it.at/english/spec_feat_innuendo.html<br /><br />Love yer blog, Uncle Eddie. You touch on so many subjects dear to my heart.Emily Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574318298933054922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-50246851033074156162010-12-11T00:59:49.430-08:002010-12-11T00:59:49.430-08:00I actually did a post on 19th century caricature n...I actually did a post on 19th century caricature not too long ago. There were some fantastic ones, the most famous of them was Honoré Daumier who had some killer stuff, he also did caricatured sculptures. Louis-Léopold Boilly also did some great caricatures as well as masterpiece paintings. Another one I found on the way was Claude "Waterlily" Monet, as it turned out when he was young he made them to earn some extra money when his mother fell ill. <br />http://www.monetpainting.net/img_lightbox/caricature.jpg<br /><br />and then of course there's this by Jean Verber!<br />http://www.univ-paris13.fr/CRIDAF/SFEVE/BlowUps/1901ImpudiqueAlb.jpg<br /><br />can't wait to read more on your thoughts and comments on the subject!Albertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604860564378574610noreply@blogger.com