“La Revue Blanche”: The History of Illustrating

The article reconstructs the illustrating history of “La Revue Blanche”, leading French literary and artistic magazine fin de siècle epoch. Leaving out analysis content, authors considers petite revue through prism its most significant achievements. In order to achieve this goal, a rather wide range graphic artists who collaborated with Blanche” at one time or another is outlined, conditional genre ranking engravings published distributed help journal carried out. Based on data obtained, periodization short proposed. attaches great importance stylistic iconographic individual artworks. case ones by Vuillard, Roussel, Bonnard, it possible put forward new semantic interpretations emphasize confessional nature prints created masters for design journal’s frontispiece. attention given introducing practice publishing portraits Vallotton in which some point are forced take utilitarian function vignettes. Equally important review publication independent illustrated supplement “NIB”, which, as well known, has only had three issues. see same time, an reincarnation fumiste chatnoiresque satire, clearly close Toulouse-Lautrec, Valloton revealing internal philosophical aesthetic conflict that existed within Nabis art group. addition, also describe features Nathanson brothers’ activity, emphasizing direct dependence content products owners’ tastes.