# Job (illustrator)

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Job_(illustrator)
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Job_(illustrator).md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(illustrator)
> Source revision: 1303349927
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville**, known by the pen name **Job** after his initials (25 November 1858, [Bar-le-Duc](/source/Bar-le-Duc) – 15 September 1931, [Neuilly-sur-Seine](/source/Neuilly-sur-Seine)) was a French artist and illustrator.

## Life

His father opposed his entry to thé [École des beaux-arts](/source/%C3%89cole_nationale_sup%C3%A9rieure_des_beaux-arts) after graduating from the [Collège Stanislas](/source/Coll%C3%A8ge_Stanislas_de_Paris). He therefore joined the French army, but returned to Paris in 1882. In the intervening period, he maintained a keen taste for military, patriotic and nationalistic subjects. He finally joined the École des beaux-arts and exhibited at the 1886 'Salon des artistes français', receiving a mixed reception. He therefore began a career as an illustrator, contributing caricatures to *[La Caricature](/source/La_Caricature_(1880%E2%80%931904))* and to *[La Lune](/source/L'%C3%89clipse_(journal))*.

However, he is best known for his illustrations for children's books, most frequently for texts by [Georges Montorgueil](/source/Octave_Lebesgue). His major colour compositions contributed to the cult of 'heroes of the nation' such as [Napoleon I](/source/Napoleon_I) and [Joachim Murat](/source/Joachim_Murat). Several of his illustrations appear in *La Vieille Garde impériale* (*The Old [Imperial Guard](/source/Imperial_Guard_(Napoleon_I))*), published in 1932 by [Alfred Mame](/source/Alfred_Mame) and fils de Tours. His eye for detail can be seen in *L'Épopée du costume militaire français* - even in works intended for children, he tried to reproduce uniforms with extreme precision.

His best known works are *Murat*, *Le Grand Napoléon des petits enfants*, *Jouons à l'histoire*, *Louis XI*, *Napoléon*, *Bonaparte* and *Les Gourmandises de Charlotte*. He also illustrated the life of [George Washington](/source/George_Washington) and was well known in the USA. He was a Sociétaire of the 'humoristes' and exhibited with the [Incoherents](/source/Incoherents). His studio has been reconstructed at the [musée de Metz](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_de_Metz).

## Honours

Jacques Onfroy de Bréville was a [Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur](/source/Chevalier_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d'honneur).[1]

## Publications

- *Histoire d'un bonnet à poil* (text by J. de Marthold), gr. in-8°, Librairie d'Education de la Jeunesse, 1888;
- *Jean la Poudre* et *Flamberge au vent* (text by [Henry de Brisay](/source/Henry_de_Brisay)), gr. in-8°, Librairie d'Education de la Jeunesse, 1889;
- *Les Gourmandises de Charlotte* (text by J. Samary), Hachette, 1890;
- *Le Grand Napoléon des Petits Enfans* (text by J. de Marthold), gr. in-4°, Plon, 1893;
- *Le Bon Roy Henry* (text by J. Hermant) Mame, 1894;
- *Le Tambour-Major Flambardin* (text by J. Lemaire) Delagrave 1894;
- *Mémoires de César Chabrac, trompette de Houzars* and *les Épées de France* (text and drawings by Job) Geffroy, 1893 et 1894;
- *Trois héros* (text by A. Giron) Hachette, 1894;
- *France, son histoire* (text by [Georges Montorgueil](/source/Octave_Lebesgue)) Boivin, 1895;
- *Les Mots historiques du pays de France* (text by E. Trogan) Mame, 1896;
- *Les Marins de la Garde* (text by J. Lemaire) Delagrave 1896;
- *La Cantinière* (text by G. Montorgueil) Charavay, Mantoux, Martin, 1898;
- *L’Épopée de l'Uniforme* (text by H. Bouchot); Henri May, 1898;
- *Les trois Couleurs* (text by G. Montorgueil) Martin, 1899;
- *A la pointe de l'Epée* (text by J. Lemaire) Mame, 1899;
- *Tenues des troupes de France* (text by members of the *Sabretache*).
- *La Tour d'Auvergne, premier grenadier de France* (text by G. Montorgueil) Boivin, 1902;
- *Liline et Frérot au pays des joujoux* (text by G. Montorgueil) Boivin, 1903;
- *Murat* (text by G. Montorgueil) Hachette, 1903;
- *Louis XI* (text by G. Montorgueil) Furne, 1905;
- *Jouons à l'histoire* (text by G. Montorgueil) Boivin, 1908;
- *Bonaparte* (text by G. Montorgueil) Boivin, 1908;
- *Au Pays des chansons* (text by G. Montorgueil) Boivin, 1912;
- *Ce bon Monsieur de Véragues* (text by M. Maindron) Mame, 1912;
- *A la Gloire des Bêtes* (text by A. Fabre) Mame, 1912;
- *Quand nos Rois étaient petits* (text by C. Clerc et N. Sevestre) Delagrave, 1914;
- *Washington, the man of action* (text by Frederick Trevor Hill) Appleton, 1914;
- *Allons Enfants de la Patrie!* (text by [Jean Richepin](/source/Jean_Richepin)) Mame, 1920;
- *Napoléon* (text by G. Montorgueil) Boivin, 1921
- *ABC, Petits contes* (text by J. Lemaître) Mame, 1921;
- *Kildine, histoire d'une méchante petite Princesse* (text by Marie, Reine de Roumanie) Mame, 1921;
- *Tambour battant! Mémoires d'un vieux Tambour* (text by L. Sonolet) Mame, 1922;
- *La Vieille Garde impériale* (collaborative text) Mame, 1921;
- *Voyages de Gulliver* (text by Swift) Delagrave, 1927;
- *Petite Histoire de France* (text by J. Bainville) Mame, 1928;
- *Quand le grand Napoléon était petit* (text by E. Hinzelin) Delagrave, 1931;
- *Chevalerie* (text by J. Bédier) Mame, 1931;

## References

1. [Dossier Légion d'honneur base Léonore](http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_1=NOM&VALUE_1=ONFROY%20DE%20BREVILLE&NUMBER=2&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28ONFROY%20DE%20BREVILLE%29%20%3aNOM%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P&SPEC=9&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=1&MAX3=100&DOM=All)

## Bibliography

- Jean-Marie Embs et Philippe Melot, *Le Siècle d’or du livre d’enfants et de jeunesse (1840–1940)*, Les Éditions de l’amateur, 2000. ISBN 978-2859172794
- Émile Hinzelin, *Quand nos grands écrivains étaient petits*, illustrations by Job, Librairie Delagrave, Paris, 1929.
- Laura Noesser, « Les Albums historiques », *La Revue des livres pour enfants*, 1985.
- François Robichon, *Job ou l'histoire illustrée*, Hersher, 1984.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Job (illustrator)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(illustrator)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(illustrator)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.