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2 unusual facts about Roger Boutet de Monvel


Roger Boutet de Monvel

Using the same publisher La vie de Lord Byron (Lord Byron's life) came into print in 1924, followed in 1929 by La vie martial du Bailli de Suffren (The Taskmaster of the Suffren's martial life), for which his brother Bernard did the advertising poster.

Raised in both Paris and Nemours, where his maternal grandparents owned a house, he modelled a great deal for his father, particularly in the illustration of Nos enfants (Our children) by Anatole France, where his outline regularly appeared and where a chapter entitled L'écurie de Roger (Roger's stable) is devoted to him.



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