Charles Lucien Léandre

Charles Lucien Léandre studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Alexandre Cabanel and Émile Bin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are caricature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands and Volendam. Work by Charles Lucien Léandre is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada and National Museum of World Cultures. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Charles Lucien Léandre • Born — 23 July 1862 • Birthplace — Champsecret, France • Died — 24 May 1934 • Place of death — Montmartre, Paris, France • Education — Beaux-Arts de Paris • Occupation — Artist

Charles Lucien Léandre was born on 23 July 1862 in Champsecret, Orne. His father was the mayor of the town in which they lived until his death in 1868. At 16, Léandre met the painter Émile Bin, who would instruct Léandre. Léandre received multiple awards for his artistic talents in his twenties.

• Illustration — Antisemitic caricature of the Rothschild family by Charles Léandre, published as the cover of Le Rire From 1887 Léandre figured among the exhibitors of the Salon, where he showed numerous portraits and genre pictures, but his popular fame is due to his comic drawings and caricatures. The series of the "Gotha des souverains," published in Le Rire, and Léandre's other work like that seen in L'Assiette au Beurre placed him in the front rank of contemporary caricaturists. Besides his contributions to Le Rire, Le Figaro and other comic journals, he published a series of albums: Nocturnes, Le Musée des souverains, and Paris et la province. In 1904, he created the Société des Peintres Humoristes. • Illustration — Poster 206 in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche Léandre produced work in lithography, and designed many posters, such as the "Yvette Guilbert." "Les nouveaux mariés," "Joseph Prudhomme," "Les Lutteurs," and "La Femme au chien." He died in 1934 in his Caulaincourt street studio, in Montmartre.

• Illustration — Selfportait 1900 • Illustration — Courteline • Illustration — The mayor speech (Discours du maire) • Illustration — Mademoiselle Sybille Achard de Bonvouloir, Pastel, 1900 • Illustration — Jeanne et Madeleine Lemoine (Nièces de l'artiste) Pastel, 1901 • Illustration — Jeune fille au châle,Pastel et fusain • Illustration — L'élégante au chapeau rouge, Pastel, 1898 • Illustration — La femme au chien, Pastel, 1904 • Illustration — La mère du peintre, Pastel • Illustration — Le petit messager, Lithographie originale • Illustration — A S.M. La Reine Victoria, 1897 • Illustration — Pierrot et Colombine, ou Les Cantomines de Xavier Privas Poster, 1899 • Illustration — Le priseur normand, Painting, 1884 • Illustration — Valse • Illustration — Le Roi de Rome, Poster • Illustration — Je dors mais mon coeur veille, Painting, 1889 • Illustration — Rothschild, 1898 • Illustration — Leopold Roi Des Belges, 1897

Charles Lucien Léandre is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Classed in the genre caricature. Léandre worked at Netherlands. Léandre worked at Volendam. Recorded as having studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris.