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Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 – 17 March 1847) was a prolific French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville, and numerous variations (e. g. Jean-Jacques Grandville, Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville) throughout his career.
Actually his name was Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard. He was born in Nancy on September 15, 1803 and died March 17, 1847 in Vanves near Paris. His adopted artist's name was Grandville, however. And as such he is widely known among the lovers of caricatures and pointed political sarcasm.
Sep 26, 2018 · The poet Charles Baudelaire greatly admired the graphic arts, writing several essays about the major caricaturists and illustrators of his day. He found something positive to say about each of them with one exception, the artist Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard, known simply as Grandville (1803–1847).
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article History. Byname: of Jean-ignace-isidore Gérard. Born: Sept. 13, 1803, Nancy, Fr. Died: March 17, 1847, Paris (aged 43) Grandville (born Sept. 13, 1803, Nancy, Fr.—died March 17, 1847, Paris) was a French caricaturist who is admired as a fantasist and proto-Surrealist.
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Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, known by the pseudonym of J. J. Grandville. Illustrator, printmaker, painter, draughstman and caricaturist. Born in Nancy, he moved to Paris in 1825.
Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard was born on September 15, 1803 in Nancy, France into an artistic family. His paternal grandparents had been actors at the court of Lorraine; from their stage name of “Gérard de Grandville,” Gérard would later take his own professional name, J.J. Grandville.
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Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore zhäN ēnyäsˈ ēzēdôrˈ zhārärˈ [key], 1803–47, French caricaturist, illustrator, and lithographer, better known as Grandville. He is noted for his spirited caricatures of social and political life.