Martin van Maële ( fr. Martin van Maële ; real name - Maurice Francois Alfred Martin van Maele ; October 12, 1863 , Boulogne-Billancourt - September 5, 1926 , ) - French illustrator of early 20th century literature, best known for his works to erotic literature .
| Martin van Maele | |
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| Martin van Maële | |
| Birth name | Maurice Francois Alfred Martin van Maele |
| Date of Birth | October 12, 1863 |
| Place of Birth | Boulogne Billancourt , France |
| Date of death | September 5, 1926 (62 years old) |
| Place of death | Varennes-Jarcy |
| Citizenship |  France |
Family
His mother was Virginia Mathilde Jeanne Van Maele ( Fr. Virginie Mathilde Jeanne Van Maele ), and his father was Louis Alfred Martin ( Fr. Louis Alfred Martin ), an engraver himself and later a teacher at the School of Fine Arts in Geneva . Martin van Maele took his pseudonym by combining his mother’s middle name and father’s last name. He also sometimes used the pseudonym A. Van Troizem.
He married Maria Francoise Genet ( French: Marie Françoise Genet ), who lived in Chantilly at the time of his death. They had no children. He had a brother, Philibert Genet ( Fr. Philibert Genet ), who lived in Lyon .
Van Maele died on September 5, 1926 and was buried in a cemetery in Varenno-Jarcy [1] .
Life and career
Little is known about the life of Martin van Maele. He worked in Brussels and in Paris . His most famous work - illustrations for Paul Verlaine 's poems - was published in a small print run by publisher Charles Carrington .
Van Maele’s career began with illustrations for the Herbert Wells novel Les Premiers Hommes dans la Lune ( First People on the Moon ), published by Felix Juven in 1901. In the same year, he drew illustrations for the novel by Anatole France, “ Thais, ” published by Charles Carrington. Later, Van Maele worked on illustrations for the French translation of a series of stories about Sherlock Holmes .
Bibliography
Collection
- The Satyrical Drawings of Martin van Maële .
Drawings
- Anatole France , Thaïs , Charles Carrington , Paris, 1901.
- Wilhelm Renhard (translated by Jean de Villiot), La flagellation des femmes en Allemagne , Charles Carrington , Paris, 1901. 20 drawings.
- Margaret Anson (translated by Jean de Villiot), Une société de flagellantes. Réminiscences et révélations d'une soubrette de grande maison ... , Charles Carrington , Paris, 1902.
- Anatole France (translated by AR Allinson), The Well of Santa Clara ( Le puits de Sainte Claire ), Charles Carrington , Paris, 1903.
- Jean de Villiot , Dix-sept ans: étude sociale , Charles Carrington , Paris, 1905. Drawings.
- Apulia (translated by Jean de Montlyard), L'Âne d'or , Charles Carrington , Paris, 1905. 21 engravings. New revision from Jean de Bonnot, Paris, 1991.
- Paul Verlaine , La Trilogie érotique: Amies, Femmes, Hombres , Charles Carrington , Bruxelles, 1907. 15 drawings.
- Aimé Van Rod , Nos Belles flagellantes , Paris, 1907. 10 drawings.
- Pierre Ambroise de Laclos , Les Liaisons dangereuses , Jules Chevrel, Paris, 1908. 20 drawings.
- Jules Michelet , La Sorcière , Jules Chevrel, Paris, 1911. New edition by Jean de Bonnot , 1987.
- Edgar Alan Poe (translated by Charles Baudelaire , Dix contes , Librairie Dorbon-Ainé, Paris, 1912. 95 engravings by Eugène Dété.
- Denis Diderot , La Religieuse , Jules Chevrel, Paris, 1916.
- Sadinet , Petites cousines: souvenirs érotiques d'un homme de qualité touchant les jolies petites cousines ... les bonnes à tout faire ... les femmes du monde et les belles filles de province , À la folie du jour ( Jean Fort ), 1919. Painted by specified by Van Maele.
- Claude de Saint-Hieble , L'Instrument des apothécaires , Jean Fort, coll. "Les Amis du bon vieux temps", Paris, 1920.
- Edmond Arocourt , La Légende des sexes , Au Clos Bruneau, Paris, 1921. 12 prints.
- Beroald de Verville , Le Moyen de parvenir , Jean Fort, Paris, 1921. 18 color drawings and 65 small drawings.
- Pierre Fély , Les Princesses de Cythère, chronique libertine de l'histoire. , Jean Fort, coll. Les Amis du bon vieux temps, Paris, 1922.
- Charles Sorel , L'Histoire comique de Francion. En laquelle sont découvertes les plus subtiles finesses et trompeuses inventions tant des hommes que des femmes de toutes sortes de conditions et d'âges. , Jean Fort, Paris, 1925. 17 drawings and 16 compositions.
- Pierre de Jusange , La Comtesse au fouet , Jean Fort, Paris, 1926. 7 drawings.
- Dr. Gastien Fowler , Maison des flagellations , Jean Fort, Collection des Orties Blanches, Paris, 1926.
- Pietro Aretino , Dialogues , Jean Fort, 1927. 66 drawings and 10 drawings. Van Mäele died without finishing work, so some drawings were authored by Luc Lafnet .
- Ovid , Les amours; L'art d'aimer; Les Héroïdes; Les remèdes d'amour; Les cosmétiques , Jean de Bonnot, Paris, 2000.
- Conan Doyle , Aventures Extraordinaires , 15 Drawings, Librairie Félix Juven, Paris, 1902.
Other
- Martin Van Maele, La Grande Danse macabre des vifs , Charles Carrington, 1905. 40 drawings. New revision from Déesse, Nanterre, 1980.
- Martin Van Maele, The satyrical drawings of Martin van Maele , Cythera Press, New York, 1970.