L'Illustration
# L'Illustration

L'Illustration was a weekly French newspaper published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, after 1906, the first international illustrated magazine; distributed in 150 countries.

## History

In 1891, L'Illustration became the first French newspaper to publish a photograph. Many of these photographs came from syndicated photo-press agencies like Chusseau-Flaviens, but the publication also employed its own photographers such as Léon Gimpel and others. In 1907, L'Illustration was the first to publish a color photograph. It also published Gaston Leroux' novel Le mystère de la chambre jaune as a serial a year before its 1908 release. La Petite Illustration was the name of the supplement to L'Illustration that published fiction, plays, and other arts-related material.

During the Second World War, while it was owned by the Baschet family, L'Illustration supported Marshal Philippe Pétain's Révolution nationale, but turned down pro-German articles by Jacques Bouly de Lesdain. However, Lesdain later became its political editor.

The magazine was shut down in 1944 following the Liberation of Paris. Another version re-opened in 1945 under the name France-Illustration, but went bankrupt in 1957.

## Notable contributors

### Editor-in-chief

* Gaston Sorbets (from 1923).

### Journalists

* Gustave Babin

### Writers

* Brada

### Notable photographers

* Joshua Benoliel
* Victor Bulla
* Blanquart-Evrard
* Brébisson
* Disdéri
* Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
* Léon Gimpel
* Jimmy Hare
* Gustave Le Gray
* Mayer et Pierson

### Notable illustrators (1843-1914)

* Andriolli
* Bertall
* Pharamond Blanchard
* Karl Bodmer
* Joseph-Félix Bouchor
* Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun
* Eugène Burnand
* Cami
* Caran d'Ache
* Cham
* Henry Cheffer
* Dagnan-Bouveret
* Draner
* Durand-Brager
* Jules Férat
* Forain
* Gustave Fraipont
* Gavarni
* Henry Gerbault
* Henri Gervex
* Victor Gilbert
* Jules Girardet
* Karl Girardet
* Grandville
* Eugène Grasset
* Albert Guillaume
* Dudley Hardy
* Charles Hoffbauer
* Janet-Lange
* Jeanniot
* Lucien Jonas
* Kupka
* Jules Laurens
* Charles Léandre
* Lorsay
* Louis Malteste
* Malo-Renault
* Alfons Mucha
* Louis Rémy Sabattier
* Georges Scott

## Gallery

* Former head office of L'Illustration in Paris, angle of rue Saint-Georges and rue de la Victoire
* Wedding of Pedro V of Portugal (3 November 1860)
* La Défense de Paris (28 July 1883)
* Exposition Universelle (23 June 1900)
* Louis Blériot (4 September 1909)
* First World War 30 October 1915
* General Henry Wilson (23 February 1918)
* Funeral of King Sisowath (28 April 1928)
* Allegory of France (11 May 1940)
* Gençlik Park, Ankara (1951 Special edition)
* Masthead (1864)
