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Jean de Paleologu (or Paleologue) (1855 – 24 November 1942) was a Romanian poster artist, painter, and illustrator, who often used Pal or PAL as his signature or logo and was active in France and the United States.^[1]

Career

Born in Bucharest, he trained in England, then returned to Romania and attended a military academy. He visited London again several times, then moved to Paris.^[2] He left Paris for the United States in 1900.^[3]

Paleologu illustrated Petits poèmes russes (Small Russian Poems) by Catulle Mendès, published by Charpentier in 1893. His work also appeared in many periodicals, including Vanity Fair, Strand Magazine, New York Herald Tribune, Plume, Rire, Cocorico, Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, Froufrou, Sans-Gêne, and Vie en Rose.^[4]

He painted portraits of comedians and music-hall performers, and created some of the most influential poster advertisements for bicycle manufacturers (such as the Déesse) and cycling events, often featuring beautiful women.^[2]^[5]

During the latter part of his life in the United States, he worked in applied graphics: at first magazines, then ads and publicity for the auto, film and animation industries.^[6] He died in Miami Beach.^[7]

Gallery

Poster for the premiere of Massenet's Sapho
Poster for the Nouveau Cirque
Poster for Whitworth Cycles
Sadi Carnot
Vanity Fair, 1889
Leslie Ward ("Spy")
Vanity Fair, 1889
Valeska Suratt
"The Belle of the Boulevard"
Loie Fuller
Advertising poster circa 1897
Advertising poster for Cycles Clément

References

Notes

^ Benezit 2006, vol. 10, p. 806; Saur 2000, vol. 7, pp. 532–533; BnF Notice d'autorité personne. According to Benezit some sources say he was born 29 August 1860. Saur lists Jean de Paleologu (born 1855, last mention before 1932; painter, poster artist) and Jean (?) Paleologue (born 1860, died 24 November 1942, Miami; Romanian painter) as two separate people.
^ ^a ^b Benezit 2006, vol. 10, p. 806.
^ BnF Notice d'autorité personne.
^ Benezit 2006, vol. 10, p. 806. See also WorldCat listings for Petits poèmes russes.
^ "Un artist al bicicletei – Jean de Paleologu". Veni, vidi, velo!. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
^ "PAL (Jean de Paléologue) (1860 - 1942)". Cerutti Miller Online. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
^ BnF Notice d'autorité personne. Saur 2000, vol. 7, p. 533 says Paleologue died in Miami.

Sources

Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006). Paris: Gründ. ISBN 9782700030709.
Saur, K. G., publisher (2000). The Artists of the World: A Bio-bibliographical Index A to Z. Munich: K. G. Saur. ISBN 9783598239755.