Jean Baptiste Guth
Jean Baptiste Guth (born January 4, 1855 in Paris , † 1922 ) was a French illustrator and caricaturist . Its activity is documented from 1875 to 1921.
Life and works
In 1875 he was admitted to study painting at the École des beaux-arts in Paris, where he attended the painting class of Jean-Léon Gérôme . From 1882 he worked, possibly on the recommendation of Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil , for Félix Gaudin , for whom he drew cardboard boxes for church windows.
The Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal has a representation of Gustave Eiffel and his tower from around 1890, which was printed by Léon Henri Ruffé.
From 1884 to 1920 Guth's works were published in the magazine L'Illustration ; the issue of February 7, 1891 contains a double-sided portrait of the painter Joseph Meissonnier, engraved by Henry Thiriat .
From 1889 to 1908 he worked for the English magazine Vanity Fair . Jean Baptiste Guth signed his drawings of well-known personalities, mostly caricatures, with his last name "GUTH". He created, among other things, portraits of Queen Victoria and Vice Admiral Leonce Albert Caillard , who commanded the French fleet during the Tangier crisis , of Anatole France and Alfred Dreyfus . Guth mostly worked with pastel and water colors ; his pictures were reproduced lithographically . The Vanity Fair images were printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son.
Web links
- Data on Jean Baptiste Guth on Jean Paul Perrin's page: L'Illustration , on www.lillustration.com
- Works by Jean Baptiste Guth in the National Portrait Gallery (London)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief information on www.blouinartinfo.com , more detailed life data in: Jean-François Luneau: Félix Gaudin, peintre-verrier et mosaïste, 1851–1930 . Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand 2006, ISBN 978-2845162846 , p. 406.
- ↑ a b Guth's works in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco at art.famsf.org
- ↑ Jean Paul Perrin mentions slightly different data at www.lillustration.com .
- ^ Jean-François Luneau: Félix Gaudin, peintre-verrier et mosaïste, 1851-1930 . Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand 2006, ISBN 978-2845162846 , p. 406.
- ↑ G. Eiffel on www.europeana.eu
- ^ Jean Paul Perrin, L'Illustration , at www.lillustration.com
- ↑ Brief information on www.thevintageposter.com ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vice Admiral Caillard at www.sandersofoxford.com
- ^ Representation of the poet Anatole France on www.artnet.com
- ^ Jean Baptiste Guth at www.artoftheprint.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guth, Jean Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French illustrator and caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1922 |