Bernard Naudin

BERNARD NAUDIN (Indre, France, 1876- Seine-Saint-Denis, France, 1946).
"Musicians and character", 1908.
Etching, copy 6/25.
Signed and dated on plate. Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 28 x 23 cm; 43 x 38 cm (frame).

Painter, designer, caricaturist and engraver, Bernard Naudin studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Léon Bonnat. His first exhibition was at the Salon des Indépendants. In 1906 he abandoned painting to devote himself exclusively to drawing and engraving, especially etching. He illustrated for Peter Schlemihl and collaborated in magazines such as Le Cri de Paris or L'Assiette au Beurre. He organized his first personal exhibition of drawings and engravings at the Pavillon de Marsan in 1912. He also designed posters and illustrated works by great masters such as Diderot, Edgar Allan Poe, André Suarès, Georges Duhamel and Anatole France.