Large Man with cane giving a rifle to three apparent armed rebels. Original drawing. Signed.
Late 19th-early 20th Century, Ink drawing. 23 x 30cm...... He was educated in Moscow but settled in Paris, where he gained great popularity as a contributor to several periodicals. He was an early exponent of the episodic strip cartoon technique and was also a well-known illustrator. The grandson of a Napoleonic officer, he spent five years in the French army and often favoured military subjects in his illustrations. Essentially self-taught, he was particularly influenced by the contemporary German caricaturists Wilhelm Busch and Adolf Oberländer.
Provenance:
Né en 1906 à Lezay (Deux-Sèvres), Jacques Cathy a exercé d’abord la profession de caricaturiste à l’hebdomadaire « Le Rire ». Il a rejoint vers 1927 l’équipe du Cabaret « La Vache Enragée » conduite par Roger Toziny. Jacques Cathy poursuit sa carrière de chansonnier après le décès de Toziny en 1939 et après la guerre il conduit parallèlement une carrière d’acteur dans le cinéma... Jacques Cathy était le 3ème Maire de La Commune Libre de Montmartre à partir de l’élection en 1949...,,,,,
Final provenance: Les Collections Aristophil - 164 bis avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine. Item #16-6334
Price: $2,500.00