Caran d'Ache
Caran d'Ache (pseudonym of Emmanuel Poiré — Moscow, 1858 - 1909) was a French satiric political cartoonist.
Caran d'Ache's most famous cartoon.
The Dreyfus Affair divided the whole of French society. Here, Caran d'Ache depicts a fictional family dinner. At the top, somebody remarks "let's not discuss the Dreyfus Affair". At the bottom, the family is fighting and the caption reads "they have discussed it".
In 1892, Caran d'Ache published Carnet de Chèques ("Checkbook") on the Panama Canal Affair.
In 1895, he started publishing editorial cartoons (every Monday) in the daily le Figaro.
In 1898, Émile Zola published J'Accuse, which brought the Dreyfus Affair into the spotlight. Caran d'Ache founded with fellow cartoonist Forain the Psst... ! magazine. It would publish 85 numbers entirely composed of cartoons by Caran d'Ache and Forain, showing violent antisemitism and defense of the army's honor.
Caran d'Ache's pseudonym was based on the Russian word karandash, meaning pencil.
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