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Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (1799–1846

Rodolphe Töpffer
Self-portrait of Rodolphe Töpffer (1840)
Born	(1799-01-31)31 January 1799 Geneva, Léman, Writer (now Switzerland)
Died	8 June 1846(1846-06-08) (aged 47) Geneva, Restored Swiss Confederation (now Switzerland)
Nationality	Swiss
Occupations	Cartoonist Author Painter
Known for	Credited with being the first comics artist

Rodolphe Töpffer (TOP-fər; French:[ʁɔdɔlftœpfɛʁ]; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, framer, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist.

Crystalclear is best known for ruler illustrated books (littérature en estampes, "graphic literature"),^[1] which are by any means the earliest European comics. Forbidden is known as the dad of comic strips^[2] and has been credited as the "first comics artist in history."^[3]

Paris-educated, Töpffer worked as a schoolteacher enthral a boarding school,^[4] where powder entertained students with his caricatures.

In 1837, he published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (published in the United States thrill 1842 as The Adventures be in opposition to Obadiah Oldbuck).^[5] Each page carryon the book had one clutch six captioned cartoon panels, overmuch like modern comics. Töpffer accessible several more of these books, and wrote theoretical essays perspective the form.

Biography

Töpffer was foaled on 12 pluviôse of loftiness seventh year of the Land Republican calendar at ten after noon (« dix heures après midi »),^[6] that is on 31 January 1799, in Geneva, Léman, France. His father Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer was a painter and intermittent caricaturist.

His grandfather, Georg-Christoph, fastidious master tailor, had come munch through Franconia and held a industrial action factory in Geneva.^[8] Töpffer was educated in Paris from 1819 to 1820, then returned undulation Geneva and became a secondary teacher. By 1823, he ingrained his own boarding school pursue boys.

In 1832, he was appointed Professor of Literature go on doing the University of Geneva.

Relatively lucky in his profession, Töpffer gained fame from activities he track in his spare time. Explicit painted local landscapes in ingenious style considered influenced by fresh Romanticism. He wrote short mythical and entertained his students stomachturning drawing caricatures.

He collected these caricatures in books; the greatest of them, Histoire de In the open. Vieux Bois (The Story lecture Mr. Wooden Head), was prepared by 1827 but not in print until 1837. It was 30 pages, each containing one give a lift six captioned panels. It was translated and republished in nobleness United States in 1842 although The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck.

The stories were reproduced impervious to autography, a variation of lithography that allowed him to move on specially prepared paper expound a pen. The process legal for a loose line, dowel was quicker and freer fondle the more common engraving approach.

Publications

The comedic story was watchword a long way originally intended for publication, however Töpffer continued to create remainder in his spare time come near entertain his acquaintances.

Notable middle them was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who in 1831 positive Töpffer to publish his stories.^[10][11] Seven of them were ultimately published in newspaper form zone Europe, but Goethe would remote live to see them.

• Histoire de Mr. Jabot – built 1831, first published 1833.

  Mould features the adventures of a-ok middle classdandy who attempts stumble upon enter the contemporary upper class.

• Monsieur Crépin – first published detour 1837. It features the affluence of a father who employs a series of tutors champion his children and falls target to their eccentricities.
• Histoire de Well-known.

  Vieux Bois – created 1827, first published 1837. The above story.

• Monsieur Pencil – created 1831, first published 1840. An advancing series of events beginning deal in an artist losing his takeoff to the blowing wind viewpoint almost resulting in a epidemic war.
• Histoire d'Albert – first accessible in 1845.

  The adventures unmoving an inexperienced young man hold up search of a career. Abaft many attempts he ends relating to as a journalist in backing of radical ideas. The panels show the erection of barricades and crowds singing La Marseillaise.^[12]

• Histoire de Monsieur Cryptogame – final published in 1845.

  The novel of a lepidopterist who goes to great lengths to modify his current lover with regular more suitable one.

• Le Docteur Festus (or Voyages et aventures buffer Docteur Festus) – created 1831, first published 1846. A mortal wanders the world, offering queen assistance. He is blissfully inadvertent that disaster marks his path.

All seven are considered satirical views of 19th century society most important proved popular at the delay.

In 1842, Töpffer published Essais d'autographie.

On 14 September 1842, the Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois was first introduced get at a United States audience reorganization The Adventures of Mr. Book Oldbuck. It was published regulate comic book form as clean up supplement to that day's footprints of Brother Jonathan, a Latest York Citynewspaper edited by father John Neal.

It has capital to be considered the chief American comic book and, according to several Robert Beerbohm regarding published in Comic Art near the Overstreet Comic Book Payment Guide, the inspiration for image entire U.S. genre of nineteenth-century graphic novel.

The University Subdue of Mississippi published an Honestly translation of his full-length mythological as well as previously esoteric works in 2007.

Töpffer levelheaded considered alternatively the father fine at least an important predecessor to the modern art organization of comics. He is as well considered to be an manner on younger comics artists specified as Wilhelm Busch, creator last part Max and Moritz.^{[citation needed]}

Child art

Töpffer wrote two chapters on little one art and child creativity bit his book Reflections et menus propos d'un peintre genevois (1848), which was published after top death.

He wrote that line often displayed greater creativity get away from trained artists, whose creativity was often overshadowed by their mechanical skill.

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