Jean de Paleologu
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Jean de Paleologu (or Paleologue) (1855 – 24 November 1942) was a Romanian poster artist, painter, and illustrator, who often used Pal or PAL as his signature or logo and was active in France and the United States.Benezit 2006, vol. 10, p. 806; Saur 2000, vol. 7, pp. 532–533; BnF [http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14957943r/PUBLIC Notice d'autorité personne]. According to Benezit some sources say he was born 29 August 1860. Saur lists Jean de Paleologu (born 1855, last mention before 1932; painter, poster artist) and Jean (?) Paleologue (born 1860, died 24 November 1942, Miami; Romanian painter) as two separate people.
Career
Born in Bucharest, he trained in England, then returned to Romania and attended a military academy. He visited London again several times, then moved to Paris.Benezit 2006, vol. 10, p. 806. He left Paris for the United States in 1900.BnF [http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14957943r/PUBLIC Notice d'autorité personne].
Paleologu illustrated Petits poèmes russes (Small Russian Poems) by Catulle Mendès, published by Charpentier in 1893. His work also appeared in many periodicals, including Vanity Fair, Strand Magazine, New York Herald Tribune, Plume, Rire, Cocorico, Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, Froufrou, Sans-Gêne, and Vie en Rose.Benezit 2006, vol. 10, p. 806. See also WorldCat listings for [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3APetits+poèmes+russes&fq=yr%3A1893..1893+%3E&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Petits poèmes russes].
He painted portraits of comedians and music-hall performers, and created some of the most influential poster advertisements for bicycle manufacturers (such as the Déesse) and cycling events, often featuring beautiful women.{{cite news| title =Un artist al bicicletei – Jean de Paleologu| publisher =Veni, vidi, velo!| url =https://ciclist.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/un-artist-al-bicicletei-jean-de-paleologu/| date =2015-04-16| access-date =2015-04-17}}
During the latter part of his life in the United States, he worked in applied graphics: at first magazines, then ads and publicity for the auto, film and animation industries.{{cite news| title =PAL (Jean de Paléologue) (1860 - 1942)| publisher =Cerutti Miller Online| url =http://www.ceruttimiller.com/pal%20bio.htm| access-date =2015-04-17}} He died in Miami Beach.BnF [http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14957943r/PUBLIC Notice d'autorité personne]. Saur 2000, vol. 7, p. 533 says Paleologue died in Miami.
Gallery
File:Jean de Paleologu - Jules Massenet - Sapho.jpg|{{center|Poster for the premiere of Massenet's Sapho}}
File:Poster 'The Lions - Nouveau Cirque' by PAL - Médiathèque de Chaumont.jpg|{{center|Poster for the Nouveau Cirque}}
File:Poster 'Whitworth Cycles, Paris' by PAL - Médiathèque de Chaumont.jpg|{{center|Poster for Whitworth Cycles}}
File:Marie François Sadi Carnot Vanity Fair 21 September 1889.JPG|{{center|Sadi Carnot
Vanity Fair, 1889}}
File:Leslie Ward Vanity Fair 23 November 1889.jpg|{{center|Leslie Ward ("Spy")
Vanity Fair, 1889}}
File:Valeska Suratt - The Belle of the Boulevard.jpg|{{center|Valeska Suratt
"The Belle of the Boulevard"}}
File:Allegorical topless woman holding winged wheel by PAL (Jean de Paleologue).jpg
File:Affiche Folies bergère La Loïe Fuller.jpg
File:Affiche Folies Bergère Loïe Fuller.jpg| Loie Fuller
File:Affiche PAL Déesse.jpg
File:Affiche cycles Fernand Clément & Cie.jpg|Advertising poster circa 1897
File:Affiche cycles Clément, PAL.jpg|Advertising poster for Cycles Clément
References
Notes
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Sources
- Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006). Paris: Gründ. {{ISBN|9782700030709}}.
- Saur, K. G., publisher (2000). The Artists of the World: A Bio-bibliographical Index A to Z. Munich: K. G. Saur. {{ISBN|9783598239755}}.
External links
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Category:Romanian poster artists
Category:Romanian illustrators
Category:Artists from Bucharest
Category:Romanian emigrants to the United States
Category:Vanity Fair (British magazine) artists
Category:19th-century Romanian painters
Category:20th-century Romanian painters
Category:People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia