Alfred Grevin
Alfred Grévin (born January 28, 1827 in Épineuil , † 1892 in Saint-Mandé ) was a French sculptor, caricaturist and painter of theatrical costumes. In 1882 he founded the Musée Grévin , the Paris wax museum, with the journalist Arthur Meyer . As a cartoonist, he worked for the satirical magazine La Revue Comique, among others .
literature
- Jean-Pierre Fontaine: Alfred Grévin, de Tonnerre à Montmartre (Editions de Bourgogne, 2007) cf
- Ursula E. Koch , Pierre-Paul Sagave : Le Charivari. The story of a Paris daily newspaper in the struggle for the republic (1832–1882) . Leske Verlag, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-921490-29-4 , p. 401
Web links
Commons : Alfred Grévin - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Alfred Grévin: sa naissance et son enfance à Epineuil (French)
- Les personnalités tonnerroises (French) ( Memento of April 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Patrimoine de la ville de Saint Mandé (French) ( Memento of November 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Caricatures by and about Alfred Grévin in HeidICON
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grévin, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor, caricaturist and painter of theatrical costumes |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Epineuil |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1892 |
| Place of death | Saint-Mandé |