- Albert Dubout
Albert Dubout (
May 15 ,1905 – 1976) was a Frenchcartoonist ,illustrator , painter, and sculptor.Biography
Albert Dubout was born in
Marseille . After attending school at Nîmes (where he metJean Paulhan ) he studied at the fine arts school inMontpellier where he met his first wife, Renée Altier, and where his first drawings were published in the student journal " _fr. L'écho des étudiants" in 1923.After moving to
Paris ,Éditions Kra literary directorPhilippe Soupault hired him to illustrate his first book, " _fr. Les Embarras de Paris" by Boileau. Dubout continued on to illustrate numerous editions of books by Boileau,Beaumarchais ,Mérimée ,Rabelais , Villon,Cervantes ,Balzac , Racine,Voltaire ,Rostand , Poe, andCourteline .He collaborated on numerous magazines and journals such as
Le Rire ,Marianne ,Eclats de Rire ,L'os à Moëlle ,Paris-Soir , andIci-Paris .He also created movie and theatre posters as well as theatrical sets. He worked in advertising, painted oil canvases (over 70 in total) and illustrated many book covers and record sleeves.
In 1953, French president
Vincent Auriol awarded him theLegion of Honour . His name also appeared that year in thePetit Larousse dictionary.In 1965, he illustrated " _fr. les aventures de San-Antonio" at the request of author
Frédéric Dard .In 1967 he married his second wife, Suzanne Ballivet, who was also a painter. He divided his time in this period between
Mézy-sur-Seine andPalavas-les-Flots (Hérault ) until his death in 1976.In 1992 a museum about Dubout was dedicated in Palavas-les-Flots.
Anecdotes
* In his caricatures, Dubout frequently mocked the "little train of Palavas" (the train from
Montpellier toPalavas ) and the tourists who visited the little seaside station there.Bibliography
* "Dubout". Carton, les cahiers du dessin d'humour. 1975.
Famous posters
External links
* [http://www.dubout.fr/ official site]
* [http://www.palavaslesflots.com/fr/sports_culture/musee_dubout.php Albert Dubout Museum home page]
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