Maurice Leloir
Maurice Leloir (1 November 1853 – 7 October 1940) was a French illustrator, watercolourist, draftsman, printmaker, writer and collector.
Also recorded as m.ce leloir · m. leloir · Mce Leloir
Maurice Leloir
Maurice Leloir · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Name
- Maurice Leloir
- Born
- 1 November 1853
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 4 October 1940
- Spouse
- Céline Bourdier
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · printmaker · historian · writer · art collector · artist
- Languages
- French
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Maurice Leloir (1 November 1853 – 7 October 1940) was a French illustrator, watercolourist, draftsman, printmaker, writer and collector.
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Key facts
• Name — Maurice Leloir • Born — 1 November 1853 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 4 October 1940 • Place of death — Paris, France • Spouse — Céline Bourdier
Biography
Biography
Leloir was the son, and pupil, of painter Auguste Leloir and watercolorist Héloïse Suzanne Colin, daughter of painter Alexandre-Marie Colin. His brother, Alexandre-Louis Leloir was also a well known painter and illustrator. Leloir married Céline Bourdier, with whom he had a daughter, Suzanne Leloir, who married Philippe, the son of Pauline Savari in 1912. Leloir first exhibited his work at the Salon des artistes français, of which he became the secretary. With many other painters, he was a member of the Crozant School in the valleys of Creuse. In 1907, he was the founding president of the Société de l'histoire du costume, and he donated the family's collection of fashion prints to the society. Around the 1890s, Leloir and his students flooded the picture book market, inspired by photographs representing accurately costumes and attitudes of the past, much appreciated by bibliophiles. He was a prolific illustrator of books, especially for children, such as the Richelieu by Théodore Cahu, of magazines and fans. In 1884, Guy de Maupassant dedicated the short story Idylle to Leloir. In 1929, Leloir traveled to Hollywood at the urging of Douglas Fairbanks to work on his last silent film, The Iron Mask. He chronicled his experiences in his memoir Five Months in Hollywood with Douglas Fairbanks. • Illustration — Memorial plaque at 21 avenue Gourgaud in Paris
Works
Works
One of Leloir's paintings was La Maison Fournaise (oil on wood), exhibited in the Maison Fournaise of the city of Chatou, but stolen in 1999.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings m.ce leloir, m. leloir and Mce Leloir. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Jean-Baptiste Auguste Leloir and Héloïse Colin. Other recorded relations include Alexandre-Marie Colin.
Identity
Identity
Maurice Leloir is recorded as painter, illustrator, printmaker, historian and writer.
A maid is trying to kill a bee that is flying around her mistress; advertising Phosphatine Falières infant food. Colour process print by Devambez after M. Leloir., 1900-1999, by Maurice Leloir
Maurice Leloir · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Life and career
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Life and career
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1853
Maurice Leloir born at former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
1940
Maurice Leloir died at Paris.
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former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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Publications
• Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Illustrations by Leloir), Paul et Virginie, Paris, Librairie artistique, H. Launette et Cie 1888, 29 × 28 cm, 208 p. • Alexandre Dumas (121 and 128 drawings by Maurice Leloir engraved on wood by Jules Huyot), Les Trois Mousquetaires, Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1894, 30 × 21 cm, 2 volumes de 502 et 473 p. • Une femme de qualité au siècle passé, Paris, 1778, Paris: J. Boussod, Manzi, Joyant et Cie, 1899 • Alexandre Dumas (113 and 129 drawings by Maurice Leloir engraved on wood by Jules Huyot), La dame de Monsoreau, Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1903, 30 × 21 cm, 2 volumes 499 and 488 p. • Gustave Toudouze (ill. Maurice Leloir), Le Roy soleil, Paris, Boivin & Cie, 1904 (repr. 1908, 1917, 1931) (1st ed. 1904), 92 p., 37,2 × 30,3 cm Full blue percaline binding, first plate embossed with a polychrome decoration representing the Sun King, title embossed gold on the back. • Théodore Cahu (ill. Maurice Leloir), Richelieu, Paris, Combet et Cie, 1904 (1st ed. 1901), 84 p., 37,4 × 30,5 cm Full green ivy percaline binding, first plate stamped with a polychrome decoration representing Richelieu • Cinq mois à Hollywood avec Douglas Fairbanks, Paris: J. Peyronnet et Cie, 1929 • Histoire du costume de l'Antiquité à 1914, t. VIII-XII, work published under the direction of Maurice Leloir, preface by Henri Lavedan, Paris: Ernst, 1933-1949 • A Mediaeval Doublet, Apollo: The International Magazine of the Arts, Vol. 23, No. 135 (March 1936) pp. 157–160 • Dictionnaire du costume et de ses accessoires, des armes et des étoffes: des origines à nos jours, Paris: Gründ, 1950 • Les confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Maurice Leloir illustre (eaux-fortes gravées par Champollion, Teyssonieres, Milius, Ruet, etc.) une superbe édition (preface by Jules Claretie) in 2 volumes in-4° (sur vélin de luxe plus 48 vol. de grand luxe sur Japon) publiée par la librairie artistique H. Launette, in 1889; ces illustrations sont reprises dans une nouvelle édition à la librairie Jules Tallandier, ca 1925 (3 volumes in-8° reliés, series "Les chefs d'œuvre de l'esprit"). • Illustration — Nicolas Fouquet receiving the King at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte • Illustration — Molière's last performance • Illustration — Premier plat du livre • Illustration — Battle of Malplaquet • Illustration — Louis XV blessed by Louis XIV dying • Illustration — The very Christian King Henry III and his friends • Illustration — A rider fall • Illustration — House • Illustration — Passage of the Seine at the ferry of Nesle. • Illustration — Louise de Lorraine, Queen of France
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scholarly publication
- Leloir, Maurice, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3301038: Maurice Leloir
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reference work
- “Maurice Leloir”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Literature
Literature
49478, 1890-12-08, LELOIR (Maurice), Art Sales Catalogues Online. L'estourdy / illustrations par Jacques Leman [et Maurice Leloir]; notices par Anatole de Montaiglon [et T. de Wyzewa].
Leloir, Maurice, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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Leloir, Maurice, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3301038: Maurice LeloirWikimedia Foundation
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