BERTALL
French illustrator (1820-1882)
Biography:
Albert Arnoux, alias Bertall, was born in Paris in 1820. He took his pen name of Balzac, the books of whom he illustrated. Prolific humorist and illustrator, he worked for Barba editors, who published novels in two colums, also called "a quatre sous".
He began writing his own books, which Hachette collected in a series intended for young readers.
Bertal, author of illustrated works:
Douze histoires pour les enfants de quatre à huit ans, 18 illustrations.
Les Enfants d'aujourd'hui, 40 illustrations. Caricature album, Le Semaine, 1848.
Les Contes de ma mère, Plon, 1877.
Les Infortunes de Touche-à-Tout, Hachette, 1861.
Mademoiselle Jacasse, Hachette, 1879.
Works illustrated by Bertall:
Hans Christian Andersen, Contes choisis (La Petite Sirène, Le Vilain Petit Canard), 40 illustrations.
Miguel Cervantes, Don Quichotte, Hachette, 1870, (illustrated with Forest).
James Fenimore Cooper, Oeuvres, Barba, 1836.
Paul Féval, Les Contes de nos pères.
Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm, Contes (Blanche-Neige et Hansel et Gretel), Hachette, 40 illustrations.
Histoire de Casse-noisette, adaptation of Ernest Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman's tale, 240 illustrations.
J. Macé, Contes du petit château, 1876.
Comtesse de Ségur, Les Petites filles modèles, 21 ill.
Comtesse de Ségur, Les Vacances, 31 illustrations.
P.J. Stahl, Aventures de Monsieurs Tom Pouce, Hetzel, 1878.
Madame de Stolz, Les Poches de mon Oncle, 20 illustrations.
Press:
Journal de la Jeunesse Magasin Pittoresque Journal pour rire