# Joseph Hémard

> Joseph Hémard was a French artist and book illustrator. He was born in Les Mureaux, France, a small town on the Seine, northwest of Paris, on 2 August 1880. He died on 9 August 1961 in Paris. He was a prolific artist. During the early years of the 20th century he published cartoons and comics in illustrated newspapers like Le Pêle-mêle or Le Bon Vivant. He also designed costumes and sets for several operas, patterns for printed textiles, bookbindings, posters and even a facade for a bar in the 1925 Paris Exposition of Decorative Art. His lasting fame, however, lies in his book illustrations - always distinctly French in character and often erotic - which he produced for a great number of titles including many classics of French literature such as Le Malade Imaginaire (1920),  Gargantua et Pantagruel  (1922),  Jacques Le Fataliste (1923), Cyrano de Bergerac (1927), and Aucassin et Nicolette (1936).

*French book illustrator (1880-1961)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1880-08-02
- **Died:** 1961-08-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joseph Hémard was a French artist and book illustrator. He was born in Les Mureaux, France, a small town on the Seine, northwest of Paris, on 2 August 1880. He died on 9 August 1961 in Paris. He was a prolific artist. During the early years of the 20th century he published cartoons and comics in illustrated newspapers like Le Pêle-mêle or Le Bon Vivant. He also designed costumes and sets for several operas, patterns for printed textiles, bookbindings, posters and even a facade for a bar in the 1925 Paris Exposition of Decorative Art. His lasting fame, however, lies in his book illustrations - always distinctly French in character and often erotic - which he produced for a great number of titles including many classics of French literature such as Le Malade Imaginaire (1920),  Gargantua et Pantagruel  (1922),  Jacques Le Fataliste (1923), Cyrano de Bergerac (1927), and Aucassin et Nicolette (1936).

## Fame
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## Sources
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- [Эмар, Жозеф](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185105)

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