Albert Guillaume

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Albert André Guillaume (born February 14, 1873 in Paris , † August 10, 1942 in Faux ) was a French genre painter , poster artist , illustrator and caricaturist .

Albert Guillaume was born the son of the architect Edmond Guillaume. From 1891 he studied at the École des beaux-arts de Paris with Jean-Léon Gérôme .

He mostly painted satirical scenes from the life of the Parisian bourgeoisie .

He illustrated books and also supplied drawings, mostly caricatures, to magazines such as " Gil Blas ", " Le Rire ", "Le Frou-Frou", "L'Assiette au Beurre", " Le Figaro " and "Le Pays de France" ".

He also created Jules Chéret- style posters for theater and advertising.

From 1899 he showed his works at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français .

On the occasion of the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 , he and his brother Henri created the “Théâtre des Bonshommes Guillaume”, a series of satirical puppets of well-known personalities at the time, accompanied by an acoustic phonograph. That was awarded a bronze medal.

Guillaume spent the last years of his life in the village of Faux in the Dordogne , where he died in 1942.

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SURNAME Guillaume, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guillaume, Albert André (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French genre painter, poster artist, illustrator and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1942
Place of death Faux