Saturday, March 31, 2018

In the roads of Paree with cartoonist Pierlis


1909 [1] Detail.

Frenchman Pierre-Marie-Joseph Lissac (March 19, 1878, Limoges - 1955, Chevreuse) worked as cartoonist under the pennames ‘Pierlis,’ ‘Pierre Lissac’ and ‘Kiss.’ Bylined as Pierlis he did these large cartoons for Le Rire. This is a selection of fifteen, published as full-pagers in 1909-13. 


1890s [2] Title design of Le Rire weekly, Paris, France.
1909 [3] Small exercises. March 13.
1909 [4] War preparation. April 10.
1909 [5] The army’s role during a general strike. May 1.
1909 [6] A pretty Paris fire. May 29.
1909 [7] Large exercises. Sep 25.
1910 [8] Swedish gymnastics. Nov 19.
1910 [9] Melancholia. Feb 18. 
1910 [10] Air support. Aug 5. Signed with both his penname Pierlis and his real name Pierre Lissac. 
1910 [11] Nine days of camping. Oct 7.
1910 [12] First contacts. Nov 4.
1910 [13] Dung duty. April 5.
1910 [14] A fixed solution. May 10.
1910 [15] The husbands’ train. Aug 23.
1910 [16] A new school year starts. Oct 4.
1913 [17] Militairy program. Dec 20.
1913 [18] Found no photo of Pierre Lissac yet.

Pictures selected by Huib van Opstal from the Gallica archives.


2 comments:

  1. In the roads of Paree with cartoonist Pierlis is another great example of why Sunday monrnings when Yesterday's Papers arrives are the best. Thank you for your good work. Mark Strand, Fargo, ND, USA.

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  2. Thanks for the kind words, Mark!

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