Draner

Draner, actually Jules Joseph Georges Renard (12 November 1833 in Liège – 1926 in Paris), was a Belgian painter, Illustrator and cartoonist. Draner, who began working as an illustrator for renowned newspapers in 1861 and resided in Paris, created late costumes for a variety of renowned theaters and opera houses. He is also considered to be an early Belgian comics artist.

Biography Life Jules Renard was born in 1833 in Liège, the son of a printer and bookseller who printed in 1850 the Almanac of Mathieu Lansberg. Later he formed his name "Draner" as an anagram of his surname Renard, a name that he used all his life in all his drawings, After leaving school, he worked as secretary in the administration of the Société des Mines et de Zinc de la Vieille Fonderies-Montagne, an enterprise of the zinc industry in his home town. where, in 1879, he succeeded Amédée de Noé, known as "Cham" (1818-1879), L'Eclipse, Le Monde Classique, Paris-Comique, L'Illustration, Le Monde Illustré, Le journal amusant and Petit Journal.

From 1864 to 1893, Draner also designed costumes for theater and opera houses. His imaginative stage costumes were designed for performances at La Scala in Milan, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, the Théâtre des Galeries Saint-Hubert in Brussels, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, as well as the Parisian stages of the Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Éden-Theatre or the Folies Bergère and including most of the works of Jacques Offenbach. Draner died in Paris in 1926, at the age of 93, and his drawings estate was then donated to the University of Liège.

Works

Maxime Aubray, L’album de la Colonelle Paris, E. Dentu. Maxime Aubray, Joyeuses histoires du mess et de la chambrée Le 145° régiment Paris, Librairie illustrée. Pierre Véron, L'art de vivre cent ans Paris, E. Dentu. (1884). Charles Leroy, Les fredaines du commandant Vermoulu Ernest Kolb. Adrien Huart, La nouvelle vie militaire Paris, Librairie illustrée. Au Bureau de l'Eclipse - Portfolio containing a collection of drawings (Paris, c. 1870) Les Soldats de la République. L'Armée Française en campagne (31 plates) Souvenirs du Siège de Paris. Les Défenseurs de la Capitale (31 plates) Paris assiégé. Scènes de la vie parisienne pendant le siège (31 plates) Types Militaires: Galerie Militaire de Toutes les Nations (Paris, Lemercier et Cie, c. 1862–1871) Types militaires réédition octobre 2007 C. Hérissey, Janzé, Ille-et-Vilaine. Souvenirs de l’Exposition de 1867 Types pris sur nature par Draner Dusacq et Cie.

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