Willette, Adolphe Leon

(7/31/1857 Chalons-sur-Marne-2/4/1926 Paris) (France); aka Willette, Leon Adolphe

   Caricaturist, painter, lithographer, illustrator, draughtsman, and author. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and in the studio of Ca-banel. He was a member of the Montmarte association of artists known as the Club des Hydropathes. A very popular artist in the late 19th century, his work was illustrated in established publications as well as underground sources.

   Reproductions: The Arc de Triomphe? Its here, soldier; Grimley, 1973: fig. 98 . Carnival; Brusendorff, 1966a: n.p. [B]. Die Veruchung des Pilgers [shepardess exposes herself to a priest]; drawing; Bilder-Lexikon vol. 4: p. 911 [B]. Fruits of a carnival; Brusendorff, 1966a: n.p. [B]. Gallant scene; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 22 [B]. Intermezzo [man mounts a woman from behind in an elegant room]; Nash, 1995: p. 51 . Temptation of St. Anthony; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 23 [B]. [Woman and five men]; Grimley, 1973: fig. 99 [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 14: pp. 914-915; DoA vol. 33: p. 198; ThB XXXVI 1947: p. 19.