Jean Oberlé
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Jean Oberlé was a French painter who became a member of the French Resistance.
Born in Brest in 1900, he illustrated a number of contemporary books and worked for different Parisian newspapers and magazines, of which le Crapouillot was the most important.
He won the Prix Blumenthal
in 1934.
In 1940, he was at the BBC's Broadcasting House with Jean Marin when General de Gaulle made his famous speech on 18 June 1940 calling on the French to resist.
During the Second World War, he became one of the main French speakers on the Free French broadcasts of the BBC. He created many of the famous slogans of the BBC Free French broadcast in particular: « Radio Paris
ment, Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris est allemand» ("Radio Paris is lying, Radio Paris is lying, Radio Paris is German").
Born in Brest in 1900, he illustrated a number of contemporary books and worked for different Parisian newspapers and magazines, of which le Crapouillot was the most important.
He won the Prix Blumenthal
Prix Blumenthal
The Prix Blumenthal was a grant or stipend awarded through the philanthropy of Florence Meyer Blumenthal — and the foundation she created, Fondation franco-américaine Florence Blumenthal — to discover young French artists, aid them financially, and in the process draw the United States...
in 1934.
In 1940, he was at the BBC's Broadcasting House with Jean Marin when General de Gaulle made his famous speech on 18 June 1940 calling on the French to resist.
During the Second World War, he became one of the main French speakers on the Free French broadcasts of the BBC. He created many of the famous slogans of the BBC Free French broadcast in particular: « Radio Paris
Radio Paris
Radio Paris was a French radio broadcasting company best known for its Axis propaganda broadcasts in Vichy France during World War II.Radio Paris evolved from the first private radio station in France, called Radiola, founded by pioneering French engineer Émile Girardeau in 1922...
ment, Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris est allemand» ("Radio Paris is lying, Radio Paris is lying, Radio Paris is German").
Books
- Images anglaises, ou l'Angleterre occupée, Hachette, 1942 ;
- "Jean Oberlé vous parle ... ", souvenirs de cinq années à Londres, avec sept dessins de l'auteur, La Jeune Parque, 1945 ;
- Pages choisies de Pierre Bourdan, introduction de Jean Oberlé, Magnard, 1951 ;
- Utrillo Montmartre, Hazan, 1956 ;
- La vie d'artiste (souvenirs)", illustrations de l'auteur, Denoel, 1956.
Illustrations
- Les Nuits de Walpurgis, de Maurice DekobraMaurice DekobraMaurice Dekobra was a French writer. His real name was Maurice Tessier. Seen as a subversive writer in the 1920s and 1930s, he became one of the best-known French writers between the First and the Second World Wars. His books have been translated into 77 languages...
, avec 12 eaux-fortes de Jean Oberlé (Editions Baudinière, 1926) ; - La Touraine, de René BoylesveRené BoylesveRené Boylesve , born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau, was a French author.-Works:* Le Médecin des Dames de Néans ,* Mademoiselle Cloque ,* La Becquée ,...
, frontispice de Jean Oberlé (Editions Emile-Paul Frères, Portrait de la France n°4, 1926) ; - La Pucelle de Belleville, de Paul de Kock (MP. Trémois, Paris, 1927) ;
- Amour, amour,…, de Pierre Veber (Les arts et le livre, 1928) ;
- La Vie de garçon, de Jean Galtier, avec 8 eaux-fortes et des illustrations de Jean Oberlé (Mornay, 1929) ;
- La Belle Amour, de Jean Galtier (Librairie Gund, 1945) ;
- Traversée de Paris, de Marcel AyméMarcel AyméMarcel Aymé was a French novelist, children's writer, humour writer and also a screenwriter and theatre playwright.- Biography :...
, avec des gravures de Jean Oberlé (Édition de la Gallerie Charpentier, Paris, 1946) - Le Capitaine Conan, de Roger VercelRoger VercelRoger Vercel was a French writer.-Biography :He was fascinated by the sea and marine life .The World War I interrupted his studies of letters...
(Monte-Carlo, Editions du Livre, 1946) ; - Les Linottes, de Georges CourtelineGeorges CourtelineGeorges Courteline was a French dramatist and novelist.Born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux, in Tours in the Indre-et-Loire département, his family moved to Paris shortly after his birth...
(Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1948) ; - Couverture du n° de juin 1932 de Vanity FairVanity Fair (American magazine 1913-1936)Vanity Fair was an American society magazine published from 1913-1936. It was highly successful until the Great Depression led to it becoming unprofitable, and it was merged into Vogue magazine in 1936.-History:...
, représentant Paul von HindenburgPaul von HindenburgPaul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934....
.
Paintings
- Portrait du Général de Montsabert (huile sur toile, musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux) ;
- Le port de Saint-Guénolé (huile sur Isorel, musée des beaux-arts de Nantes) ;
- Marine en Bretagne (huile sur Isorel, musée des beaux-arts de Quimper) ;
- Portrait de Max Jacob (plume sur papier, musée des beaux-arts de Quimper).