Georges Goursat | |
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Born | [1] | 23 November 1863
Died | 26 November 1934[2] | (aged 71)
Nationality | French |
Other names | Sem |
Occupation | artist |
Known for | caricatures, posters |
Georges Goursat ([3] – 26 November 1934 [2]), known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Époque.
23 November 1863Georges Goursat was born and raised in an upper-middle-class family from Périgueux. [4] The wealth inherited from his father at the age of 21 [5] allowed him to sustain a gilded youth. [6]
In 1888 he self-published his first three albums of caricatures in Périgueux, signing some as "SEM", [7] allegedly as a tribute [8] to Amédée de Noé who signed his caricatures for Le Monde illustré as "Cham". [9]
He settled in Bordeaux from 1890 to 1898. [10] During this period, he published more albums and his first press caricatures in La Petite Gironde [11] and discovered the work of Leonetto Cappiello. [12] His style matured, becoming both simpler and more precise. [13]
During the same period, he made trips to Paris. In 1891, he designed two posters printed in Jules Chéret's workshop for the singer Paulus. [12] He published his first caricatures of artists in L'Illustration ( Albert Brasseur) and Le Rire (Paulus, Polin and Yvette Guilbert [i. 1]). [12]
Goursat lived in Marseille from 1898 to 1900, [14] [i. 2] where he met Jean Lorrain who convinced him to live in Paris. [15]
Goursat arrived in Paris in March 1900 at the time of the Universal Exposition opening. [16]
He chose horse racing [i. 3] as a way to enter high society. [16] In June 1900 he self-published his new album Le Turf of caricatures of many prominent Parisian socialites, including Marquess Boni de Castellane, Prince Trubetskoy, Count Clermont-Tonnerre, Baron Alphonse, Gustave de Rothschild, and Polaire. [16] The album's success made him famous overnight. [17] In October 1900 he published the album Paris-Trouville with equal success. Goursat published nine other albums before 1913. [18]
In 1904, Goursat received the Légion d'honneur. [19] In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris and then in Monte Carlo and London. The exhibit included a diorama composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris celebrities". [20]
Goursat was not drafted in World War I as he was over 50 years old at the start of the war. [21] He nevertheless involved himself as a war correspondent for Le Journal. [21] Some of his rather "chauvinistic" articles had an "enormous impact". [22] Ten articles were published in 1917 in Un pékin sur le front. Two other articles were incorporated in the 1923 book La Ronde de Nuit. [23] In 1916 and 1918 Goursat published two albums of Croquis de Guerre (War Sketches) with a completely different style than his previous work. [22] He also designed war bond posters. [24]
After the war, Goursat returned to the kind of caricatures that made him famous. In 1919, he published Le Grand Monde à l'envers (High Society Upside Down). [25] Around 1923, he published three albums under the general title of Le Nouveau Monde ( transl. The New World). [26] In 1923, he became an officer of the Légion d'honneur. [27]
In 1929, he was severely impoverished by the economic crisis. [28] After a heart attack in 1933, [29] he died in 1934. [2]
Georges Goursat | |
---|---|
Born | [1] | 23 November 1863
Died | 26 November 1934[2] | (aged 71)
Nationality | French |
Other names | Sem |
Occupation | artist |
Known for | caricatures, posters |
Georges Goursat ([3] – 26 November 1934 [2]), known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Époque.
23 November 1863Georges Goursat was born and raised in an upper-middle-class family from Périgueux. [4] The wealth inherited from his father at the age of 21 [5] allowed him to sustain a gilded youth. [6]
In 1888 he self-published his first three albums of caricatures in Périgueux, signing some as "SEM", [7] allegedly as a tribute [8] to Amédée de Noé who signed his caricatures for Le Monde illustré as "Cham". [9]
He settled in Bordeaux from 1890 to 1898. [10] During this period, he published more albums and his first press caricatures in La Petite Gironde [11] and discovered the work of Leonetto Cappiello. [12] His style matured, becoming both simpler and more precise. [13]
During the same period, he made trips to Paris. In 1891, he designed two posters printed in Jules Chéret's workshop for the singer Paulus. [12] He published his first caricatures of artists in L'Illustration ( Albert Brasseur) and Le Rire (Paulus, Polin and Yvette Guilbert [i. 1]). [12]
Goursat lived in Marseille from 1898 to 1900, [14] [i. 2] where he met Jean Lorrain who convinced him to live in Paris. [15]
Goursat arrived in Paris in March 1900 at the time of the Universal Exposition opening. [16]
He chose horse racing [i. 3] as a way to enter high society. [16] In June 1900 he self-published his new album Le Turf of caricatures of many prominent Parisian socialites, including Marquess Boni de Castellane, Prince Trubetskoy, Count Clermont-Tonnerre, Baron Alphonse, Gustave de Rothschild, and Polaire. [16] The album's success made him famous overnight. [17] In October 1900 he published the album Paris-Trouville with equal success. Goursat published nine other albums before 1913. [18]
In 1904, Goursat received the Légion d'honneur. [19] In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris and then in Monte Carlo and London. The exhibit included a diorama composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris celebrities". [20]
Goursat was not drafted in World War I as he was over 50 years old at the start of the war. [21] He nevertheless involved himself as a war correspondent for Le Journal. [21] Some of his rather "chauvinistic" articles had an "enormous impact". [22] Ten articles were published in 1917 in Un pékin sur le front. Two other articles were incorporated in the 1923 book La Ronde de Nuit. [23] In 1916 and 1918 Goursat published two albums of Croquis de Guerre (War Sketches) with a completely different style than his previous work. [22] He also designed war bond posters. [24]
After the war, Goursat returned to the kind of caricatures that made him famous. In 1919, he published Le Grand Monde à l'envers (High Society Upside Down). [25] Around 1923, he published three albums under the general title of Le Nouveau Monde ( transl. The New World). [26] In 1923, he became an officer of the Légion d'honneur. [27]
In 1929, he was severely impoverished by the economic crisis. [28] After a heart attack in 1933, [29] he died in 1934. [2]