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Abel Faivre

 
Abel Faivre (1867-1945) was a French painter, poster artist, lithographer, illustrator and caricaturist. Abel Faivre studied for three years at the École des beaux-arts de Lyon and then at the École des beaux-arts de Paris and continued his studies at the Académie Julian. He received a third class medal at the 1894 World Exhibition in Antwerp, then a medal of honor at the World Exhibition in Lyon in the same year. Abel Faivre exhibited at the Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts from 1903 onwards. He lived and worked in Paris and in Gassin, then in La Croix-Valmer, where a boulevard now bears his name.  In 1907 he was a founding member of the committee of the Salon des humoristes. He supplied a large number of satirical drawings to the magazines "Sourire" and "L'Assiette au beurre". He also worked for "L'Écho de Paris". During the First World War he created many propaganda posters, including those for the state loan. He also worked for the humorous magazine "Le Rire" - renamed "Le Rire Rouge" during the war - and for "La Baïonnette" and "Le Figaro illustré".

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