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Emmanuel Poiré
(6th Nov, 1858 - 26th Feb, 1909)
Portrait de François Clément Sommier, dit Henri Somm
1893
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Tony Querrec
Paris, musée d'Orsay, conservé au musée du Louvre
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Keywords:
François Clément Sommier Somm
lorgnette
frock coat
annotation
sitting
caricature
walking stick
stoutness
portrait of a man
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About the artwork
Title:
Portrait de François Clément Sommier, dit Henri Somm
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
Techniques:
dessin au crayon noir
Dimensions:
275 x 188
Inventory number:
RF52761-recto
Detail:
Portrait-charge. Les deux artistes collaborèrent activement au théâtre d'ombres du cabaret du Chat Noir
About the author(s)
Author:
Emmanuel Poiré
Also known as:
Caran d’Ache
Born:
6th Nov, 1858
Dead:
26th Feb, 1909
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Caran d'Ache
was the pseudonym of the 19th century French satirist and political cartoonist
Emmanuel Poiré
(November 6, 1858 – February 26, 1909). "Caran d'Ache" comes from the Russian word
karandash
(карандаш), meaning
pencil,
which in turn comes from the Turkish words
kara taş,
meaning
black stone.
While his first work glorified the Napoleonic era, he went on to create "stories without words" and as a contributor to newspapers such as the
Lundi du Figaro
, he is sometimes hailed as one of the…
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