Amédée de Noé
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- | {{Template}}'''Charles Amédée de Noé''', known as '''Cham''' ([[January 26|Jan. 26]], [[1818]] - [[September 6|Sept. 6]], [[1879]]) was a [[French people|French]] [[caricaturist]] and [[lithographer]]. Raised by a family who wished him to attend a [[polytechnic]] school, he instead attended painting workshops by [[Nicolas Charlet]] and [[Paul Delaroche]] and began work as a cartoonist, taking on on the [[pseudonym]] "Cham". The name was a pun - a combination of the names "Charles" and "Amédée", and the Jewish name for [[Ham, son of Noah]] (Noah in French is ''Noé'').{{Fact|article|date=June 2007}} | + | {{Template}}'''Charles Amédée de Noé''', known as '''Cham''' ([[January 26]], [[1818]] - [[September 6]], [[1879]]) was a [[French people|French]] [[caricaturist]] and [[lithographer]]. Raised by a family who wished him to attend a [[polytechnic]] school, he instead attended painting workshops by [[Nicolas Charlet]] and [[Paul Delaroche]] and began work as a cartoonist, taking on on the [[pseudonym]] "Cham". The name was a pun - a combination of the names "Charles" and "Amédée", and the Jewish name for [[Ham, son of Noah]] (Noah in French is ''Noé''). |
In [[1839]] he published his first book, [[Mr. Lajaunisse]], which began a career that would span 40,000 drawings. In [[1843]] he began to be published in newspapers like [[Le Charivari]], whose staff he was on for thirty years. Later works included ''[[Proudhon en voyage]]'' and ''[[l'Histoire comique de l'Assemblée nationale]]''. He wrote a number of [[Comedy|comic plays]] towards the end of his life. | In [[1839]] he published his first book, [[Mr. Lajaunisse]], which began a career that would span 40,000 drawings. In [[1843]] he began to be published in newspapers like [[Le Charivari]], whose staff he was on for thirty years. Later works included ''[[Proudhon en voyage]]'' and ''[[l'Histoire comique de l'Assemblée nationale]]''. He wrote a number of [[Comedy|comic plays]] towards the end of his life. |
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In 1839 he published his first book, Mr. Lajaunisse, which began a career that would span 40,000 drawings. In 1843 he began to be published in newspapers like Le Charivari, whose staff he was on for thirty years. Later works included Proudhon en voyage and l'Histoire comique de l'Assemblée nationale. He wrote a number of comic plays towards the end of his life.
He was a reclusive figure, preferring to live a quiet life due to a lifelong chest conditionTemplate:Fact. Most of his life was spent in Paris.
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