The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . he two leading lightsof La Caricature, there is little question that the former wasthe greater. Balzac, who was at one time one of the editorsof La Caricature, writing under pseudonym of ComteAlexandre de B., and was the source of inspiration of one ofits leading features, the curious Etudes de Genre, once said ofDaumier: Ce gaillard-la, mes enfants, a du Michel-Angesous la peau. Balzac took Daumier under his protectionfrom the beginning. His first counsel to him was: If youwish to become a great artist, faites des dettes! Grandvillehas bee
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . he two leading lightsof La Caricature, there is little question that the former wasthe greater. Balzac, who was at one time one of the editorsof La Caricature, writing under pseudonym of ComteAlexandre de B., and was the source of inspiration of one ofits leading features, the curious Etudes de Genre, once said ofDaumier: Ce gaillard-la, mes enfants, a du Michel-Angesous la peau. Balzac took Daumier under his protectionfrom the beginning. His first counsel to him was: If youwish to become a great artist, faites des dettes! Grandvillehas been defined by later French critics as un nevrose, a bitterand pessimistic soul. It was he who produced the cruelestcompositions that ever appeared in La Caricature. He had,however, some admirable pages to his credit, among othershis interpretation of Sebastians famous LOrdre regne aVarsovie. Fearfully sinister is the field of carnage, withthe Cossack, with bloody pique, mounting guard, smok-ing his pipe tranquilly, on his face the horrible expression. > g o O o O^ 84 CENTURY IN CARICATURE of satisfaction over a work well done. Grandville also con-ceived the idea, worthy of a great cartoonist, of Processionsand Corteges. These enabled him to have pass before theeye, under costumes, each conveying some subtle irony orallusion, all the political men in favor. Every occasion was
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