3490 - HENRI GABRIELS IBELS (1867–1936) – „les bêtes humaines“ – Lithografie – auf der Platte signiert – französische Schule – 22 × 24 cm

HENRI GABRIELS IBELS (1867–1936) – „les bêtes humaines“ – Lithografie – auf der Platte signiert – französische Schule – 22 × 24 cm Henri-Gabriel Ibels (1867–1936) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and poster artist. As a student at the Académie Julian in Paris, Henri-Gabriel Ibels met Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Paul-Élie Ranson and Paul Sérusier, who formed the Nabi group centred around *Le Talisman*. Nicknamed the ‘Nabi journalist’ for his penchant for social life, he was a political illustrator who spent much of his time in the newspapers, and was one of the masters of poster art and drawing. He drew his inspiration from street life, café-concerts, boxing rings and the circus. Several of his works are held in public collections, such as: Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. France Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Maurice-Denis Departmental Museum: Brest, Museum of Fine Arts Switzerland