Martin van Maele

16 albums/193 artworks – Maurice François Alfred Martin van Miële (1863 – 1926) was born in Boulogne sur Seine. He used the alias Martin van Maele. It could also be written as van Maële and A van Troizem. He illustrated for Authors such as Charles Carrington and Jean Fort. He worked in Brussels and Paris. His best known work consists of an illustrated edition of Paul Verlaine’s poems. It was published in small, secretive editions by publisher Charles Carrington. The prints are considered both humoristic and satirical, sometimes cynical. Van Maële’s career is said to have really begun with his illustrations for H. G. Wells. The book is titled Les Premiers Hommes dans la Lune (or The First Men in…

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