Jean Dratz
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Biography
Jean Dratz was born in Mont-Saint-GuibertMont-Saint-Guibert
Mont-Saint-Guibert is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Mont-Saint-Guibert had a total population of 6,400. The total area is 18.63 km² which gives a population density of 344 inhabitants per km²....
, Belgium in 1903 as the son and student of Constant Dratz. He studied Law and Economy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Université Libre de Bruxelles
The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:...
. As an artist, he is best known for his sober, realistic and melancholic Belgian landscapes which show Japanese influences. Other works were inspired by his travels in France and Italy.
Well-known as a caricaturist and illustrator, he was a co-founder of the association of Belgian humoristic artist "Mine Souriante". He was the editor-in-chief of the French language version of the Belgian comics magazine Bravo, where he also contributed numerous illustrations.
He also created numerous theatre decors, and contributed the decoration for the national pavilions of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
at the 1935 World Exhibition of Brussels
Brussels International Exposition (1935)
The Brussels International Exposition of 1935 was held in Heysel Park, Brussels, Belgium from April 27 through November 6, 1935....
, and of the national pavilion of the Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
at the Expo 58.
He was sometimes nicknamed the "Dubout
Albert Dubout
Albert Dubout was a French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor.-Biography:Albert Dubout was born in Marseille...
belge".
He died in Uccle
Uccle
Uccle or Ukkel is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.Uccle is known for its well-to-do areas, its green spots and its high rental rates.-History:...
, Belgium in 1967.
Book illustrations
- Les jours de l'homme by Docteur Besançon – Edition Terres Latines - no date.
- Le visage de la femme by Docteur Besançon – Edition Terres Latines - no date.
- Ne pas dételer by Docteur Besançon – Edition Terres Latines - no date.
- Petit Bréviaire de l'amateur de vin by Henri Brochier – Numerous reeditions.
- Histoires extraordinaires by Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
- Edition Nilsson - 1929. - Scène de la vie de BohèmeLa Vie de BohèmeLa Vie de Bohème is a work by Henry Murger, published in 1851. Although it is commonly called a novel, it doesn't follow a standard novel form. Rather, it is a collection of loosely related stories, all set in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1840s, romanticizing bohemian life in a playful way...
by Henri MurgerHenri MurgerLouis-Henri Murger, also known as Henri Murger and Henry Murger was a French novelist and poet....
- Edition Nilsson - no date. - KnockKnockKnock Mary") is a small town in County Mayo, Ireland whose notability derives from the Knock Shrine where it is claimed the Virgin Mary, together with St Joseph and St John the Evangelist, appeared in 1879....
ou le triomphe de la Médecine by Jules RomainsJules RomainsJules Romains, born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule , was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement...
- Edition Terres Latines - no date. - Le Naïf aux quarante enfants by Paul GuthPaul GuthPaul Guth was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the Académie des provinces françaises....
- Imprimerie Scheerders van Kerchove - no date. - Trois hommes dans un bateauThree Men in a BoatThree Men in a Boat ,The Penguin edition punctuates the title differently: Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog! published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K...
by Jerome K. JeromeJerome K. JeromeJerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat.Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England, and was brought up in poverty in London...
- Edition La Boétie - 1944. - Bel AmiBel AmiBel Ami is French author Guy de Maupassant's second novel, published in 1885. An English translation titled Bel ami, or, The history of a scoundrel: a novel appeared in 1903....
by Guy de MaupassantGuy de MaupassantHenri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents....
- Imprimerie L.F.De Vos & Cie. S.A.- no date. - Les Œuvres by François VillonFrançois VillonFrançois Villon was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison...
- Edition de la Nef d'Argent - 1943. - ClochemerleClochemerleClochemerle is a 1934 French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier. It is set in a French village in Beaujolais inspired by Vaux-en-Beaujolais and deals with the ramifications over plans to install a new urinal in the village square.-Adaptation:...
by Gabriel ChevallierGabriel ChevallierGabriel Chevallier was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle.Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier was educated in various schools before entering Lyon École des Beaux-Arts in 1911...
- Edition Terres Latines - no date. - Zuur en Zoet by Victor Thijs - Edition Ontwikkeling - 1945.
- Contes pour les enfants by A. Huvelle-Levé - Edition Office de Publicité - 1927.
- Le berger des étoiles by Maurice Des Ombiaux - Edition Office de Publicité - 1928.
- Le Petit homme de la Gare by Adrienne Jelley-Bruyère alias Danièle Vindor - Edition Office de Publicité - 1929.
- Le Voyage d'Agrément by Adrienne Jelley-Bruyère alias Danièle Vindor - Edition Office de Publicité - 1937.
- Mounch de Adrienne Jelley-Bruyère alias Danièle Vindor - Edition Office de Publicité - 1933.
- Les véridiques histoires de tante Hélène by Hélène de Harven - Edition Office de Publicité
- Souvenir et Anecdotes by C. Perlès - Edition Office de Publicité - 1925.
- Bobby Histoire d'un chien by Aimé De Cort - Edition Office de Publicité - French language version in 1934, Dutch language version in 1939.
- Le Roman d'un Lapin Blanc et d'autres contes by Aline Eberhart-Sorel - Edition Office de Publicité - 1938.
- Robert « le diable » by Aline Eberhart-Sorel - Edition Office de Publicité - 1933.
- Histoire d'un petit "Teddy" by Aline Eberhart-Sorel - Edition Office de Publicité - 1932.
- Par-dessus les Clochers by Hubert Stiernet - Edition Office de Publicité - 1931.
- Le Roman du chien et de l'enfant by Louis Delattre - Edition Office de Publicité - 1924 and 1933.
- Quand nous étions petits... Contes vrais by Giovannotti - Edition Office de Publicité - 1927.
- L'Espagne de Franco by André VillersAndré VillersAndré Villers is a French photographer and artist, born 10 October 1930 in Beaucourt.In 1947, following a bone tuberculosis, he was hospitalized at sanatorium of Vallauris where he stayed for eight years....
- Edition Ecran du monde - 1955. - Comme sur des Roulettes by André VillersAndré VillersAndré Villers is a French photographer and artist, born 10 October 1930 in Beaucourt.In 1947, following a bone tuberculosis, he was hospitalized at sanatorium of Vallauris where he stayed for eight years....
- Edition de la Paix - 1955. - Drôles de Bêtes by André VillersAndré VillersAndré Villers is a French photographer and artist, born 10 October 1930 in Beaucourt.In 1947, following a bone tuberculosis, he was hospitalized at sanatorium of Vallauris where he stayed for eight years....
- Edition La Renaissance du Livre - 1953. - Jacky et Sambo by André VillersAndré VillersAndré Villers is a French photographer and artist, born 10 October 1930 in Beaucourt.In 1947, following a bone tuberculosis, he was hospitalized at sanatorium of Vallauris where he stayed for eight years....
- Edition La Renaissance du Livre - 1951. - Arsène et Chrysostome by André VillersAndré VillersAndré Villers is a French photographer and artist, born 10 October 1930 in Beaucourt.In 1947, following a bone tuberculosis, he was hospitalized at sanatorium of Vallauris where he stayed for eight years....
- Edition l'Églantine - 1931. - La Gerbe des Tendresses by Charles Moureaux - Printing Cie. Liège - no date.
- Saint-Josse-ten-Noode by José Camby - presses des Editions et Impressions Contemporaines (EDIMCO, S. A.) - 1952.
- Les Fables de Pitjes Schramouille by Roger Kervyn - Edition Rex - 1931.
- Mon Oncle et son écluse by Luca Rizzardi - Edition du Cercle d'Art - 1949.
- De l'Anarchie au t.s. Sacrement by Paul Bay - Edition l'Églantine - 1932.
- Hardi Montarchain by Pierre Hubermont - Edition l'Églantine - 1932.
- Pour lire en Parachute by Jean Dess alias Hixe - Edition l'Églantine - 1932.
- Nous ou le Député Piret dans ses terres by Marianne and Marc-Antoine Pierson - Edition Office de Publicité - 1936.
- De la cuisine et... voilà tout by Paul Bouillard - Edition Albin Michel - no date.
- Collette Diplomate by Maurice Darin - Edition Albert - 1937.
- Le Mariage d'Evariste Lambert by Anicet Lenoir - Edition La Nef de Paris - 1954.
- Regards sur notre Congo by Julien Vanhove - Edition La Renaissance du Livre - 1943.
- A nos Héros coloniaux morts pour la civilisation (1876–1909) published by la ligue des souvenirs Congolais 1931.
- eneid|La Prise de Troie by VirgilVirgilPublius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
- Edition de la belle plume - 1931. - Le Manuel du Parfait Mobilisé du Caporal by Jean Dratz and BaudBaudIn telecommunications and electronics, baud is synonymous to symbols per second or pulses per second. It is the unit of symbol rate, also known as baud rate or modulation rate; the number of distinct symbol changes made to the transmission medium per second in a digitally modulated signal or a...
- Edition Pim Services - no date. - Le code pénal by Jacques Nyns - Edition Ysy Brachot Fils - 1950.
Press illustrations
Among the many illustrations he made for numerous magazines can be mentioned:- Editor-in-chief of Bravo, numerous illustrations.
- Monthly magazine "Le Bouclier" published by the prévoyance sociale Belge.
- Covers for the weekly "Pourquoi Pas?"
- Automobile and tourism publications: Royal Auto, Auto Touring, Reflet du Tourisme, Touring Club de Belgique, Libra illustré
- Annuals for the Royal Automobile Club de Belgique (1950 and 1953)
- Cover of the weekly magazine TintinTintin (magazine)Le journal de Tintin or Kuifje , was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century...
of 28 January 1953. - Englebert magazine
- Jeunesse, magazine of the Belgian Red Cross.
- Art Savoir Beauté magazine
- La Conquête de l'Air magazine
- Toute l'Alimentation food magazine
- Weekly magazine Le Soir Illustré between 1932 and 1940.
Furthermore, he made illustrations for records, student magazines, post cards, and publicity.