Abel Faivre

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Geneviève Lantelme 1910

Abel Faivre (born March 30, 1867 in Lyon , † August 13, 1945 in Nice ) was a French painter, poster artist, lithographer, illustrator and caricaturist.

Abel Faivre studied for three years at the École des beaux-arts de Lyon with Jean-Baptiste Poncet or André Benoît Perrachon and then at the École des beaux-arts de Paris and continued his studies at the Académie Julian with Jules Lefebvre and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant gone.

He received a third class medal at the Antwerp World Exhibition in 1894 , then a Medal of Honor at the Lyon World Exhibition in the same year.

Abel Faivre exhibited from 1903 in the salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts . He lived and worked in Paris and in Gassin , then in La Croix-Valmer , where a boulevard now bears his name.

He delivered a large number of satirical drawings to the magazines “Sourire” and “L'Assiette au beurre”. He was also an employee of " L'Écho de Paris ". During the First World War he created many propaganda posters, including that of the state loan.

He also worked for the humorous magazine “ Le Rire ” - renamed “Le Rire Rouge” during the war - and for “La Baïonnette” and “ Le Figaro illustré”.

In 1907 he was a founding member of the committee of the Salon des humoristes.

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SURNAME Faivre, Abel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter, poster artist, lithographer, illustrator and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1945
Place of death Nice