Le Monde illustré (title translation: The Illustrated World) was a leading illustrated news magazine in France which was published from 18571940 and again from 1945 to 1956. It was in many ways similar to its contemporary English-language newsmagazine The Illustrated London News and should not be confused with the French newspaper Le Monde.

Election de la Reine des Blanchisseuses au lavoir de la rue neuve Saint-Médard, Jules-Descartes Férat, 1866.

History and profile

Le Monde illustré was established in 1857.[1] Many of the highly realistic prints published in the medium of wood-engraving were actually made from photographs (through intermediary drawings), at a time when photographic reproduction in print was not technically feasible until the late nineteenth century. Among its artists were Godefroy Durand and Hector Giacomelli.

Bal des folles 22 March 1890, José Belon

Wood-engravings

References

  1. Tom Gretton (2000). "Difference and Competition: The Imitation and Reproduction of Fine Art in a Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Weekly News Magazine". Oxford Art Journal. 23 (2). JSTOR 3600512.


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