![Some say that your Monsieur, Monsieur Polyte, wants, despite the respect he owes you, to eat his estate in [truffes] truffles ... You mean in [turf] the racetrack, old man Pigaud. - Paul Gavarni - Poster](http://www.solisprints.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/Some-say-that-your-Monsieur-Monsieur-Polyte-wants-despite-the-respect-he-owes-you-to-eat-his-estate-in-truffes-truffles-...-You-mean-in-turf-the-racetrack-old-man-Pigaud_Poster_Compos.jpg?v=1779499695&width=1792)
Some say that your Monsieur, Monsieur Polyte, wants, despite the respect he owes you, to eat his estate in [truffes] truffles ... You mean in [turf] the racetrack, old man Pigaud. - Paul Gavarni
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A satirical illustration by Paul Gavarni, depicting two men in conversation at an outdoor café, rendered in fine linework. The image offers a glimpse into 19th-century Parisian life and social commentary.
This illustration by Paul Gavarni (1804-1866), a French artist known for his satirical and genre scenes of Parisian life, captures a moment of social commentary. Gavarni, whose real name was Hippolyte Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier, began his career as a technical designer before transitioning to caricature and illustration. His work often appeared in periodicals such as 'Le Charivari', offering witty observations on contemporary society. The image depicts two men seated at a table, engaged in conversation. One man, wearing a cap, leans in towards the other, who is dressed in a top hat and coat. The setting appears to be an outdoor café or garden, suggested by the foliage surrounding them. The style is characterised by fine, detailed linework, typical of Gavarni's illustrative technique. The expressions on the figures' faces, combined with the accompanying text, hint at a narrative involving financial matters and perhaps a critique of social pretensions. Gavarni's ability to capture the nuances of human interaction and social dynamics made him a popular and influential figure in 19th-century French art.
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Some say that your Monsieur, Monsieur Polyte, wants, despite the respect he owes you, to eat his estate in [truffes] truffles ... You mean in [turf] the racetrack, old man Pigaud. - Paul Gavarni
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Paul Gavarni
His real name was Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier. He adopted "Gavarni" from the town of Gavarnie in the Pyrenees after a journey there. He was born in Paris in 1804, worked as a machinist in a factory, and taught himself to draw in evening classes. By the 1830s he was the leading illustrator of Parisian social life: fashionable women, carnival scenes, lorettes and debardeurs, all rendered with a wit and polish that Balzac praised publicly and that helped establish Gavarni's reputation.
After the deaths of his mother and the collapse of his marriage around 1845, his style shifted. He spent time in London documenting the lives of the poor, producing work that was bleaker and more compassionate than his Paris satire. His catalogue raisonne lists approximately eight thousand works. He is often compared with his contemporary Daumier, though Gavarni's satire was more polished and less political. He died in Paris in 1866.
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