L'Illustration (; 1843–1944) was a French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris.French Wartime Magazines and Periodicals: L'Illustration. greatwardifferent.com. 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.
History In 1891, L'Illustration became the first French newspaper to publish a photograph. Many of these photographs came from syndicated photo-press agencies like Chusseau-Flaviens, but the publication also employed its own photographers such as Léon Gimpel and others. In 1907, L'Illustration was the first to publish a color photograph. It also published Gaston Leroux' novel Le mystère de la chambre jaune as a serial a year before its 1908 release. La Petite Illustration was the name of the supplement to L'Illustration that published fiction, plays, and other arts-related material.
During the Second World War, while it was owned by the Baschet family, L'Illustration supported Marshal Philippe Pétain's Révolution nationale, but turned down pro-German articles by French aristocrat and diplomat Jacques Bouly de Lesdain. However, Lesdain later became its political editor.
The magazine was shut down in 1944 following the Liberation of Paris. Another version re-opened in 1945 under the name France-Illustration, but went bankrupt in 1957.
Notable contributors Editor-in-chief Gaston Sorbets (from 1923).
Journalists Gustave Babin
Writers Brada
Notable photographers
Joshua Benoliel Victor Bulla Blanquart-Evrard Brébisson Disdéri Jules Gervais-Courtellemont Léon Gimpel Jimmy Hare Gustave Le Gray Mayer et Pierson
Notable illustrators (1843–1914)
Andriolli Bertall Pharamond Blanchard Karl Bodmer Joseph-Félix Bouchor Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun Eugène Burnand Cami Caran d'Ache Cham Henry Cheffer Dagnan-Bouveret Draner Durand-Brager Jules Férat Forain Gustave Fraipont Gavarni Henry Gerbault Henri Gervex Victor Gabriel Gilbert Jules Girardet Karl Girardet Serge Ivanoff Grandville Eugène Grasset Albert Guillaume Dudley Hardy Charles Hoffbauer Janet-Lange Jeanniot Lucien Jonas Kupka Jules Laurens Charles Léandre Lorsay Louis Malteste Malo-Renault Alfons Mucha Louis Rémy Sabattier Georges Scott
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References
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External links
Official website of L'Illustration company which have published L'Illustration HathiTrust. L'Illustration, digitized issues