# Daniel Vierge > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Vierge > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Vierge.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Vierge > Source revision: 1242385138 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Spanish-born French illustrator (1851–1904) In this [Spanish name](/source/Spanish_name), the first or paternal [surname](/source/Surname) is *Urrabieta* and the second or maternal family name is *Vierge*. Daniel Vierge Self-portrait (date unknown) Born Daniel Urrabieta y Vierge (1851-03-05)5 March 1851 Madrid, Spain Died 10 May 1904(1904-05-10) (aged 53) Boulogne-sur-Seine, France **Daniel Urrabieta y Vierge** (5 March 1851 – 10 May 1904) was a [Spanish](/source/Spain)-born [French](/source/France) illustrator who revolutionized the reproduction of illustrations. ## Biography He was born in [Madrid](/source/Madrid). He went to [Paris](/source/Paris) in 1867 to seek his fortune, where he became attached to *[Le Monde illustré](/source/Le_Monde_illustr%C3%A9)* in 1870, just before the [Franco-Prussian War](/source/Franco-Prussian_War) broke out, and, like other artists in the paper, came under the powerful influence of [Edmond Morin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edmond_Morin&action=edit&redlink=1), the first newspaper draughtsman in France who sought to impart to drawings for journals the character of a work of art. Vierge's early drawings, therefore, partake greatly of Morin's style; including "The Shooting in the Rue de la Paix", "The Place d'Armes at Versailles", "The Loan", "The Great School-Fête of Lyons", "Anniversary of the Fight of Aydes" and "Souvenir of Coulmiers".[1] Vierge lost no time in proving the extraordinary vigour and picturesqueness of his art. Apart from his contribution of his own original work, he was required by his paper to redraw upon the wood, for the engraver, the sketches sent in by artist-correspondents, such as [Luc-Olivier Merson](/source/Luc-Olivier_Merson) in [Rome](/source/Rome) and Samuel Urrabieta (Vierge's brother) in [Spain](/source/Spain).[1] Engraving of Poe's [Murders in the Rue Morgue](/source/Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue), 1884 From 1871–78 his individuality became more and more pronounced, and he produced, among his best-known drawings, "Christmas in Spain," "The Republican Meeting in Trafalgar Square," "Attack on a Train in Andulusia," "Feast of St Rosalia in Palermo," "In the Jardin d'Acclimatation," "The Burning of the Library of the Escurial, 1872," "Grasshoppers in Algiers," "Brigandage in Sicily," "Night Fête in Constantinople," "Episode of the Civil War in Spain," "Marriage of the King of Spain" and "The Bull Fight." About this time he illustrated with remarkable dash and skill [Victor Hugo](/source/Victor_Hugo)'s *Année terrible* (Michel Lévy, 1874, and Hugues, 1879), *"1813"* (Hugues, 1877) and *Les Misérables* (1882). His masterpiece of illustration is [Michelet's](/source/Jules_Michelet) *History of France* (1876), consisting of 26 volumes containing 1,000 drawings. In 1879 he was drawing for *La Vie moderne*, and then proceeded to illustrate *Pablo de Segovia*.[1] In 1882 the publication of his edition of [Francisco de Quevedo](/source/Francisco_de_Quevedo)'s *[Historia de la vida del Buscón llamado don Pablos](/source/Busc%C3%B3n)* (The Life Story of a Swindler Called Don Pablos) brought the technique of [photo-reproduction](/source/Photoengraving) to a high level of finish. Prior to that time, most artists and [engravers](/source/Engraver) had been forced to rely on tracings and other manual methods which often resulted in interpretations of the artists' works.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] In 1891 he illustrated *L'Espagnole*, by [Émile Bergerat](/source/%C3%89mile_Bergerat), and in 1895 *Le Cabaret des trois vertus*. In 1898 he held, at the Pelletan Gallery in Paris, an exhibition of his drawings for [Chateaubriand](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand)'s *Le Dernier Abencérage* ("The Last of the Abencerrages"), and in the following year a comprehensive exhibition of his work (including the illustrations to *Don Quixote*) at the Art Nouveau Gallery, also in Paris.[1] In 1898 Vierge contributed to *L'Image*, a magazine devoted to the encouragement of [wood-engraving](/source/Wood-engraving); and two years later, at the [International Exhibition](/source/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)) at Paris, he was awarded a *grand prix*. In 1902 he exhibited at the New Salon a scene from the Franco-Prussian War.[1] He was never prolific and suffered a stroke at the age of 30, which forced him to learn to draw with his left hand.[2] He died in [Boulogne-sur-Seine](/source/Boulogne-sur-Seine) at the age of 53. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EB1911_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EB1911_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-EB1911_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-EB1911_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-EB1911_1-4) One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Vierge, Daniel](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Vierge,_Daniel)". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 57. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_2-0)** [Chisholm 1911](#CITEREFChisholm1911). ## External links - [Works by or about Daniel Vierge](https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Vierge%2C%20Daniel%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Daniel%20Vierge%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Vierge%2C%20Daniel%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Daniel%20Vierge%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Vierge%2C%20D%2E%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Daniel%20Vierge%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Vierge%2C%20Daniel%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Daniel%20Vierge%22%29%20OR%20%28%221851-1904%22%20AND%20Vierge%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) - [Bud Plant's illustrated biography of Daniel Urrabieta y Vierge](https://web.archive.org/web/20000407062243/http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/vierge.htm), bpib.com; accessed 20 June 2015. Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Daniel Urrabieta Vierge](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Daniel_Urrabieta_Vierge). 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