André Rouveyre
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André Rouveyre

~ 1879 – 1962 André Rouveyre was an early twentieth-century French writer, caricaturist, and graphic artist. A member of several culturally elite circles of his day, he is perhaps equally remembered as the subject of drawings by prominent European artists Henri Matisse and Amedeo Modigliani.…

Roger Testu
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Roger Testu

~ 1913 – 2008 The French cartoonist Roger Testu, better known as Tetsu. He started his career as a painter and in the 1950s started drawing cartoons, while continuing to paint. His first cartoon was published in Noir et Blanc in 1951, and he worked…

Jacques Le Tord
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Jacques Le Tord

~ 1911 – 1952 (not sure) Jacques le Tord seems to have been a painter from “Lyons School”, if the date of birth is correct I don’t know. There is really very little to find about this French artist. I found one bondage artwork and…

Max Klinger
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Max Klinger

~ 1857 – 1920 Max Klinger was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmaking in relation to painting. He is…

Willy Pogany
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Willy Pogany

~  1882 – 1955 William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Feichtmann (or Feuchtmann) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children’s and other books. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany’s work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany’s artistic style…

Leonor Fini
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Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini (1907–1996) was an Argentine-Italian surrealist artist celebrated for her portrayals of powerful women. After overcoming an eye disease, she pursued art in Milan and later Paris, where she mingled with influential figures and designed for fashion and theater. Fini is also known for her illustrations, notably for a 1944 edition of “Juliette.”

Tom Poulton
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Tom Poulton

~ 1897 – 1963 Thomas Leycester Poulton was a British magazine and medical illustrator who provided artwork for a range of publications including the British Journal of Surgery and The Radio Times. After his death it was discovered that he had also secretly produced hundreds of sketches and finished…