Noël Dorville
Noël Dorville, born in Mercurey, France in 1874, died in Cosne-sur-Loire in 1938, was a French painter who was known for newspaper cartoons and posters. He made many portraits of contemporary French politicians and writers.[1] Dorville sketched at the 1899 trial of Alfred Dreyfus.[2] He attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as a journalist, making intimate drawings of participants such as Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau. He was a frequent contributor to .
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Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George confer at the Paris Peace Conference (Noël Dorville, 1919)
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Poster advertising Société Française, (Noël Dorville, 1902)
His grandson, , was an illustrator and cartoonist for and . His great-grandson is the journalist .
References[]
- ^ Le Monde Politique, recueil de 40 planches de portraits dessinés de Sénateurs, Députés et journalistes en 4 fascicules reliés, éditions J. Thil, 1902-1903.
- ^ "Yesterday's drawings for today? - In the past - Courtroom sketches - Traits de justice".
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