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Illustrators: Francisque Poulbot (France, 1879-1946)
Figure 1.--This Poulbot image was published as a postcard during World War I (1914-18). They were propaganda images to maintain French morale during this horrible period. They may shock our German readers, but they are a testimony of the time. Francisque poulbot biography channel 7The caption reads, "Hein? M�me !... T'as pas connu ce temps l� : quand c'�tait pas la guerre ...." ("Huh, kid? Things aren't like the old days, when there wasn't a war.") |
Francisque Poulbot is one of the most famous French illustrators, especially illustrators of children.
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Poulbot is particularly known for his drawings of Paris street urchins. Poulbot loved to draw these children as shameless, and often malicious jokesters. Most of Poulbot's work was published in the 1900s-30s. He died in 1946.
Given his many anti-German drawings, I'm unsure what happened to him during the German occupation. Many of Poulbot's drawings were sharply aimed at the Germans (le bosch) during Wo