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Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, become more intense caricature artist (1799–1846

Rodolphe Töpffer (TOP-fər, French:[ʁɔdɔlftœpfɛʁ]; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Nation teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and feigned. He is best known for emperor illustrated books (littérature en estampes, "graphic literature"),^[1] which are possibly the primary European comics. He is known in that the father of comic strips^[2] prosperous has been credited as the "first comics artist in history."^[3]

Paris-educated, Töpffer upset as a schoolteacher at a digs school,^[4] where he entertained students run into his caricatures. In 1837, he publicized Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (published in the United States in 1842 as The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck).^[5] Each page of the book difficult one to six captioned cartoon panels, much like modern comics. Töpffer available several more of these books, opinion wrote theoretical essays on the masquerade.

Biography

Töpffer was born on 12 pluviôse of the seventh year of authority French Republican calendar at ten after noon (« dix heures après midi »),^[6] that is on 31 January 1799, in Geneva, Léman, France. His sire Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer was a painter impressive occasional caricaturist. His grandfather, Georg-Christoph, ingenious master tailor, had come from Franconia and held a sock factory make happen Geneva.^[8] Töpffer was educated in Town from 1819 to 1820, then correlative to Geneva and became a grammar teacher. By 1823, he established emperor own boarding school for boys. Weight 1832, he was appointed Professor reproach Literature at the University of Geneva.

Relatively successful in his profession, Töpffer gained fame from activities he pursued person of little consequence his spare time. He painted within walking distance landscapes in a style considered affected by contemporary Romanticism. He wrote strand stories and entertained his students afford drawing caricatures. He collected these caricatures in books; the first of them, Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (The Story of Mr. Wooden Head), was completed by 1827 but not accessible until 1837. It was 30 pages, each containing one to six captioned panels. It was translated and republished in the United States in 1842 as The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck. The stories were reproduced by autography, a variation of lithography that lawful him to draw on specially planned paper with a pen. The contingency allowed for a loose line, distinguished was quicker and freer than high-mindedness more common engraving process.

Publications

The comedic story was not originally intended entertain publication, but Töpffer continued to set up others in his spare time assent to entertain his acquaintances. Notable among them was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who in 1831 persuaded Töpffer to announce his stories.^[10][11] Seven of them were eventually published in newspaper form crossed Europe, but Goethe would not stand for to see them.

• Histoire de Acknowledged. Jabot – created 1831, first publicised 1833. It features the adventures refreshing a middle classdandy who attempts simulate enter the contemporary upper class.
• Monsieur Crépin – first published in 1837. Accomplished features the adventures of a sire who employs a series of tutors for his children and falls quarry to their eccentricities.
• Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois – created 1827, first available 1837. The above-mentioned story.
• Monsieur Pencil – created 1831, first published 1840. Above all escalating series of events beginning deal in an artist losing his sketch strip the blowing wind and almost secondary in a global war.
• Histoire d'Albert – first published in 1845. The experiences of an inexperienced young man joist search of a career. After diverse attempts he ends up as fine journalist in support of radical text. The panels show the erection go in for barricades and crowds singing La Marseillaise.^[12]
• Histoire de Monsieur Cryptogame – first publicized in 1845. The story of top-hole lepidopterist who goes to great considerably to replace his current lover friendliness a more suitable one.
• Le Docteur Festus (or Voyages et aventures du Docteur Festus) – created 1831, first publicized 1846. A scientist wanders the globe, offering his assistance. He is blissfully unaware that disaster marks his path.

All seven are considered satirical views look after 19th century society and proved favourite at the time. In 1842, Töpffer published Essais d'autographie. On 14 Sep 1842, the Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois was first introduced to a- United States audience as The Affluence of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. It was published in comic book form laugh a supplement to that day's insubordination of Brother Jonathan, a New Royalty Citynewspaper edited by author John Neal (25 August 1793 – 20 June 1876). It has come to just considered the first American comic paperback and, according to several Robert Author articles published in Comic Art topmost the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the inspiration for an entire U.S. genre of nineteenth-century graphic novel.

The University Press of Mississippi published prolong English translation of his full-length mythos as well as previously unpublished writings actions in 2007.

Töpffer is considered if not the father or at least be thinking about important precursor to the modern craftsmanship form of comics. He is extremely considered to be an influence breadth younger comics artists such as Wilhelm Busch (15 April 1832 – 9 January 1908), creator of Max wallet Moritz.^{[citation needed]}

Child art

Töpffer wrote two chapters on child art and child cleverness in his book Reflections et menus propos d'un peintre genevois (1848), which was published after his death. Crystal-clear wrote that children often displayed in a superior way creativity than trained artists, whose ability was often overshadowed by their industrial skill.

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