# Fernand Fau

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**Fernand Fau** (13 July 1858 – 27 November 1915) was a French illustrator and cartoonist whose work was widely published in popular journals around the turn of the 19th century.[1]

## Biography

Fau was born in [Poitiers](/source/Poitiers) in 1858.[1] He produced copious illustrations under the pseudonym "Fanfare". He made the illustrations for the drama by Ferny "Le Secret du manifestant" at the "shadow show" in the cabaret *[Le Chat Noir](/source/Le_Chat_Noir)*.[2] He also illustrated the shadow show *Une Affaire d'honneur* by [Jules Jouy](/source/Jules_Jouy) at *Le Chat Noir*.[3] In 1890 *Le Chat Noir* put on his *Idylle*, a revue in one act with music by [Charles de Sivry](/source/Charles_de_Sivry).[4] His illustrations appeared in the *Chat Noir* humorous magazine and also in *[Le Rire](/source/Le_Rire)*. He illustrated many children's books throughout his career,[1] and was a satirist.[5] Fau was also versed in Art Nouveau, and exhibited at the [Salon des Cent](/source/Salon_des_Cent) in 1895.[6]

Fernand Fau died in Paris in 1915.[1]

## Illustrated works

- Jean Perrot, 34 leçons de choses en images sans paroles à raconter par les petits, deuxième livre d'initiation et d'élocution, F. Nathan
- Alfred Carel, *Les brasseries à femmes de Paris*, Paris : E. Monnier, 1884
- [Camille Lemonnier](/source/Camille_Lemonnier), *Les Concubins; La Glèbe; Un pèlerinage*, Paris, E. Monnier, de Brunhoff, 1886
- Grand-Carteret, John (1886). [*Raphaël et Gambrinus, ou, L'art dans la brasserie*](https://archive.org/details/raphaletgambrin01grangoog). L. Westhausser. p. [50](https://archive.org/details/raphaletgambrin01grangoog/page/n93)
- Devaux, Paul (2011). [*Les fellatores: mœurs de la décadence 1888*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BK2kmdUsdXwC&pg=PA124). QuestionDeGenre/GKC. ISBN 978-2908050714.
- de Lano, Pierre (1889). [*Après l'amour, avec 100 dessins de Fernand Fau: gravure de Rougeron et Vignerot*](https://archive.org/details/aprslamouravecd00lanogoog). E. Dentu.
- Grosclaude (1891). *Les Gaietes de L'Annee*. Paris: E. Dentu.
- G. Le Faure (1898). *La Guerre sous L'Eau*. Libraire E. Dentu.
- [Georges Courteline](/source/Georges_Courteline), *La Peur des coups*, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1895
- [Rabelais](/source/Rabelais) pour la jeunesse, Gargantua, texte adapté par [Marie Butts](/source/Marie_Butts), Librairie Larousse
- Rabelais pour la jeunesse, Pantagruel, texte adapté par Marie Butts, Librairie Larousse

## References

1. Lambiek.

1. Didier 2009, p. 82.

1. Segel 1987, p. 78.

1. Whiting 1999, p. 91.

1. Toepfer, Karl (2019-08-19). [*Pantomime: The History and Metamorphosis of a Theatrical Ideology*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Pp67DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA630). Vosuri Media. ISBN 978-1-7332497-3-7.

1. Devaux 2011, p. 124.

**Sources**

- Didier, Bénédicte (2009). [*Petites revues et esprit bohème à la fin du XIXe siècle, 1878-1889: Panurge, le Chat noir, la Vogue, le Décadent, la Plume*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ngbCNL_8kuoC&pg=PA82). Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2296079236.
- ["Fernand Fau"](http://lambiek.net/artists/f/fau-fernand.htm). *Lambiek*. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Segel, Harold B. (1987). [*Turn-Of-The-Century Cabaret: Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Cracow, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Zurich*](https://archive.org/details/turnofthecentury00sege). Columbia University Press. p. [78](https://archive.org/details/turnofthecentury00sege/page/78). ISBN 023105128X.
- Whiting, Steven Moore (1999). [*Satie the Bohemian: From Cabaret to Concert Hall*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SD2RZ3taYQUC&pg=PA91). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198164580.

## External links

- ["Works by Fernand Fau"](http://gallica.bnf.fr/Search?ArianeWireIndex=index&p=1&lang=FR&q=fernand+fau). *Gallica*. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Dictionnaire des illustrateurs, 1800–1914. Sous la direction de Marcus Osterwalder. Éditions Ides et Calendes, 1989, p. 355

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