Benjamin Rabier
Benjamin Rabier (1864–1939) was a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating the logo for Laughing Cow Cheese (La vache qui rit), and is one of the precursors of animal comics. His work has inspired many other artists, notably Hergé and Edmond-François Calvo. • Illustration — "Le printemps" published in Le Rire (May 1902) A native of La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, Rabier started to work as an illustrator for various newspapers after meeting political cartoonist Caran d'Ache.
Benjamin Rabier
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- Born
- 1864.
- Died
- 1939.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- comics artist, children's writer, animator, film director and illustrator.
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His first album for children was the story of Tintin-Lutin, published in 1898, which told of a young lutin or "imp"; here his main characters are human and not animals, as they came to be in later albums. His most famous creations are Gideon the duck and the characters he drew for Le roman de Renart. He died in Faverolles, Indre, in 1939.
Benjamin Rabier is recorded as comics artist, children's writer, animator and film director.
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1864
Benjamin Rabier born at La Roche-sur-Yon.
1913
Le Buffon De Benjamin Rabier Buffon Georges Louis (1913) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1926
L' Alphabet de Benjamin Rabier (1926) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1939
Benjamin Rabier died at Faverolles-en-Berry.
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- 1.Benjamin Rabier, dessinateur animalier. ensemblepourlesanimaux.org.
- 2.Christophe Gervais. C’est un Berrichon qui a inventé Tintin. La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. 2011-10-30 .
- 3.M. Brunaud, « Tintin, héros berrichon », Le Petit Solognot, hiver 2012, .
- 4.Pour ce qui concerne La Jeunesse illustrée : Nollet (1979).
- 5.Numéros de Histoire comique et naturelle des animaux dans Gallica, la bibliothèque numérique de la BnF.
- 6.Benjamin Rabier: 1864-1939. Vendée, Conseil général. 2009. 978-2-75720-281-4.
- 7.Francis. Lacassin. Quand la Vache qui rit devançait Félix le chat et Mickey la souris. 1895. Mille huit cent quatre-vingt-quinze. Revue de l'association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma. 53. 210–225. 2007-12-01. 0769-0959. 10.4000/1895.2483. 2025-08-20.
- 8.Chapitre Les dessins animés de Benjamin Rabier Criminocorpus. criminocorpus.org.
- 9.Saga Pétrole Hahn. prodimarques.com.
- 10.Hergé, un portrait intime du père de Tintin. Robert Laffont. 2011. 978-2-22112-824-4.
- 11.Benjamin Rabier. Onésime. 1938.
- 12.BDM, trésors de la bande dessinée. 2009-2010 : catalogue encyclopédique. Éditions de l'amateur. 2008. 978-2-85917-491-0.
- 13.Benjamin Rabier, l'homme qui fait rire les animaux. herodote.net. 29 décembre 2018.
- 14.Pellissier, Bruno (1865-10-09 - ). AGORHA Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l’art.
- 15.Exposition : la vie des animaux par Benjamin Rabier, père de la célèbre "Vache qui rit". La Croix. 2026-04-11.
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Benjamin Rabier worked in young adult literature. He was employed by Pathé-Baby, Le Bon Marché, L'Assiette au Beurre and La Jeunesse Illustrée. Rabier received Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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