Philippe Jullian
Philippe Jullian (born July 11, 1919 in Bordeaux as Philippe Simounet , † September 25, 1977 in Paris ) was a French illustrator , art historian , biographer , novelist , esthete and dandy .
biography
Career
Born in Bordeaux , the grandson of the important ancient historian Camille Jullian studied literature at the university, but then turned to graphics. He traveled extensively in India and Egypt . In the later years of his life he lived in England , but regularly spent the winters in Africa .
He died by suicide in 1977 .
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His first known work as an illustrator was the artist's label on the 1945 vintage of Château Mouton-Rothschild , which was about victory in World War II . Numerous book illustrations for his own works followed, as well as for books by Balzac , Dostojewski , Proust and Wilde .
His books on symbolism and the art of Fin de Siècle ( Art Nouveau style ) in the late 1960s and early 1970s contributed to the rediscovery of these art styles that took place at the time. As a biographer, too, he was mainly committed to the artists and dandies of the time; among others he treated Oscar Wilde, Gabriele D'Annunzio and King Edward VII.
His novels (especially his most important work, La Fuite en Egypte ) revolve around topics of the sensual, macabre and decandent as well as homosexuality , sadomasochism and transvestism - Jullian was homosexual himself. His Dictionnaire du Snobisme (German published as Das Snoblexikon ) is more in the direction of social satire . For Whom the Cloche Tolls: A Scrap Book of the Twenties was created together with Angus Wilson .
literature
- Snoblexikon , Berlin and Cologne 1962
- La Fuite en Egypte , Paris 1968, engl. as The Flight into Egypt , New York 1970, ISBN 978-0670318278
- Myths and phantasms in the art of the fin-de-siècle , Berlin 1971, ISBN 3-7925-0183-X
- The portrait of Oscar Wilde , Hamburg 1972, ISBN 3-455-03687-2
- The symbolism. Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-7701-0732-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Philippe Jullian in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of Philippe Jullian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data of Philippe Jullian in: Archives gaies: une anthologie des homosexualités dans le livre ancien: chez les Libraires associés , Libraires associés (Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France), Jacques Desse, Libraires associés, 2005, p 43 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jullian, Philippe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simounet, Philippe (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French illustrator, art historian, biographer, novelist, esthete and dandy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1977 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |