'La Roulette in the Casino' by Georges Goursat (Sem)

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Georges Goursat (Sem)
'La Roulette in the Casino' by Georges Goursat (Sem)
1910

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Fabulous 'Sem' aka Georges Grousat (1863-1934) double-plate (framed) colour c1910 sketch of wealthy roulette partons from Monte Carlo, 2nd Serie! Image Sz: 20"H X 27"W Artist Bio: Georges Goursat (1863–1934), known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Époque (1871 to 1914). In 1888 he self-published his first three albums of caricatures, signing some as "SEM", allegedly as a tribute to Amédée de Noé (1818-1879) who signed his caricatures for Le Monde illustré as "Cham". From 1890 to 1898, Sem published more albums and his first press caricatures in La Petite Gironde. He also discovered the work of Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), an Italian and French poster art designer and painter, who has since been called 'the father of modern advertising' because of his innovation in poster design. Sem’s style matured, becoming both simpler and more precise. In 1891, he designed two posters printed in the workshop of Jules Chéret for the French singer Paulus. Chéret was a painter and lithographer who has been called the father of the modern poster. Sem published his first caricatures of artists in L'Illustration. Sem arrived in Paris in 1900, at the time of the opening of the Universal Exposition (world’s fair). He picked horse races as his way of entry in high society. He self-published a new album, Le Turf, with caricatures of many prominent Parisian socialites (Marquess Boni de Castellane, Prince Trubetskoy, Count Clermont-Tonnerre, Baron Alphonse and Gustave de Rothschild, Polaire). The success of this album made him famous overnight. In October of the same year, he published another album, Paris-Trouville, with the same success. Nine others followed until 1913. In 1904, Goursat received the Légion d'honneur. In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris, then in Monte Carlo and London. a diorama, composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris celebrities". Aged over 50 at the start of World War I, Goursat was not drafted. He nevertheless involved himself as a war correspondent for Le Journal. Some of his rather "chauvinistic" articles had an "enormous impact". Ten were published in 1917 in Un pékin sur le front. Two others were incorporated in 1923 in another book, La Ronde de Nuit. In 1916 and 1918 Goursat published two albums of Croquis de Guerre (War sketches). Their style is completely different from his previous work. He also designed posters for war bonds. After the war, Goursat came back to the kind of caricatures that made him famous. In 1919, he published Le Grand Monde à l'envers (High Society upside down). Around 1923, he published 3 albums under the general title of Le Nouveau Monde (The New World). In 1923, he was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur.

Creator:
Georges Goursat (Sem) (1863, French)
Creation Year:
1910
Dimensions:
Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 34 in (86.36 cm)
Medium:
Lithograph
Period:
Early 20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Bristol, CT
Reference Number:
Seller: 152701stDibs: LU126014933221