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-'''Paul-Émile Bécat''' ([[1885]] – [[1960]]) was a French painter, engraver and draftsman who won the Great [[prix de Rome]] in [[1920]]. He is noted for his illustration of [[erotic literature]].+'''Paul-Émile Bécat''' (born 2 February 1885 – died 1 January 1960 in [[Paris]]) was a French painter, printmaker and engraver, and was awarded first prize in the [[Prix de Rome]] in 1920. He was a student of [[Gabriel Ferrier]] and [[François Flameng]] and exhibitioned at the [[Salon de Paris]] in 1913. Returning from his travels to the Congo, Gabon, and the Sudan, he specialised from 1933 in the technique of [[drypoint]] in his erotic works.
 +Today he is best known for his portraits of French writers, and for his erotic works.
==Illustrations== ==Illustrations==
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*[[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]], ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]'' *[[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]], ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]''
*[[Paul Verlaine]], ''[[Les Amies]]'' *[[Paul Verlaine]], ''[[Les Amies]]''
-*François-Mathieu [[Mathieu-François Pidansat de Mairobert|Pidansat de Mairobert]], ''La secte des anandrynes''+*François-Mathieu [[Mathieu-François Pidansat de Mairobert|Pidansat de Mairobert]], ''[[La secte des anandrynes]]''
== See also == == See also ==
*[[French erotica]] *[[French erotica]]
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Paul-Émile Bécat (born 2 February 1885 – died 1 January 1960 in Paris) was a French painter, printmaker and engraver, and was awarded first prize in the Prix de Rome in 1920. He was a student of Gabriel Ferrier and François Flameng and exhibitioned at the Salon de Paris in 1913. Returning from his travels to the Congo, Gabon, and the Sudan, he specialised from 1933 in the technique of drypoint in his erotic works. Today he is best known for his portraits of French writers, and for his erotic works.

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