"Etienne Le Rallic, Polo Player, Horse Riding, Horse"
Etienne Le Rallic (1871-1968): Polo scene. Stencil (very beautiful colors), with white gouache highlights.Still a minor, and with his father's approval, he left for Paris. On the train that took him to the capital, he met the director of the magazine Fantasio. The young cartoonist showed him his work. Mr. Staglio was immediately convinced, and commissioned him for Le Rire. This was the beginning of a career that would then span half a century. Le Rallic began with the newspaper Le Rire in 19101, then, very quickly, he distinguished himself in many other satirical newspapers. He was regularly present at the Salon des humoristes, where his humor earned him a glowing note from Francis Carco. He would draw a large number of equestrian works: hunting, carriage driving, interior scenes, often humorous. He then launched into comic strips, of which he was one of the pioneers in France. While continuing his work as an illustrator in many youth periodicals, he collaborated with the major publishing houses of the time in France: Fayard, Offenstadt, Fleurus, Montsouris… and in Belgium with Gordinne. During the Occupation, he provided drawings for the illustrated youth magazines Le Téméraire (of collaborationist tendency) and Ololê. In parallel with his comic strip production, he illustrated hundreds of novels and short stories, collections of tales and erotic works. His very particular style places him among the greatest illustrators of his generation[ref. necessary]. He died in 1968, near Paris, led one last time by one of his horses that he loved so much. Source Wikipedia
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