Eugène Ogé
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Eugène Ogé (5 May 1861, Paris – 24 March 1936, Paris) was a French poster artist and illustrator.
Biography
He began as an apprentice to Charles Verneau (1850-1950), a printer who specialized in posters, and became a
In the 1890s, he opened his own workshop and began designing posters, initially under contract to Verneau, then with Pierre Vercasson. He gradually developed his own style, moving away from the opulent women favored by Chéret. By 1900, he worked almost exclusively with
In the years leading up to World War I, he caricatured many prominent people, including Queen Victoria and Paul Kruger, for "Dr. Trabant's Supreme Pills" (which were ordered torn down by the Prefecture of Police), and the heads of state meeting at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, to advertise the menthe-pastille made by Giffard. Among the other companies he worked for, one may mention Maggi, Gellé frères, Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville and Réglisse Zan.
During the war, he made very few posters; focusing instead on rubber models and patterns for advertising balloons.
Selected works
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Ad for Abadie (1905) -
Giffard Mint Pastille -
Cover art for
La Lanterne -
Riz la Croix
rolling papers -
Billiards Brinswick
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References
- ^ "Églises du XXe siècle en Bretagne, de la loi de Séparation à Vatican II (1905-1962)", by Philippe Bonnet, in Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, Genève, Droz, 2005, volume 163, p.43.
Further reading
- Alain Weill, L'Affiche dans le monde, Paris, Somogy, 1984, p.47 ISBN 978-2-85056-175-7
- Anne-Claude Lelieur and Raymond Bacholet, Eugène Ogé : affichiste. 1861 - 1936, retrospective at the ISBN 978-2-8433-1024-9
External links
- More posters by Ogé[permanent dead link] @ the Centre de Documentation des Musées
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