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L'Illustration (French pronunciation: [lilystʁasjɔ̃]; 1843–1944) was a French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris. [1] It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, after 1906, the first international illustrated magazine; distributed in 150 countries.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (in French Le mystère de la chambre jaune) is a mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux.One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical L'Illustration from September 1907 to November 1907, then in its own right in 1908.
Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune (The Mystery of the Yellow Room) (serial. in L'Illustration, 1907; rep. Lafitte, 1908) (new translation by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier as Rouletabille and The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2009), ISBN 978-1-934543-60-3)
He was born in Gagny (Seine-et-Oise), the second son of the art editor Ludovic Baschet [], editor of Panorama and the Revue illustrée.His brother René was the art critic for Salonsavant, and was editor of the magazine L'Illustration from 1904 to the first half of the 20th century.
Much of his work was published in L'Illustration (1893 to 1923) and Journal des débats. [1] He was a friend of Paul Armand Silvestre who introduced him to the cinema. [2] This led him to write an article in 1908 in which he discussed the excitement which various contemporary painters felt as regards the new medium.
Arguably John Hassall's most famous creation was "The Jolly Fisherman" in 1908, which is regarded as one of the most famous holiday advertisements of all time in the United Kingdom. [7] His 1910 design for the Kodak Girl, in her iconic striped blue and white dress, became a feature of Kodak's advertising to the 1970s. Hassall's design was ...
1896 - illustration of a report of the " Bohémiens aux Saintes-Maries de la Mer" by Marie-Anne de Bovet for the revue : L'Illustration 16 May; 1908 - " Les Paraboles" Eugène Burnand, Berger-Levrault, Paris 1908, volume in 175 pages, 61 drawing, 11 plates, foreword by Eugène Melchior de Vogüé, Member of the Académie française.
La Guerre Infernale ("The Infernal War"), a 1908 serial adventure novel for children that appeared weekly every Saturday. Robida contributed 520 illustrations. The novel is set in the future and features uncanny parallels to World War Two, including an attack on London by Germany and a conflict between Japan and the United States.