Jj grandville

A vulture-headed figure wearing a heavy coat and a top hat stands in a room with a trunk on the floor.

jj grandville

A Comet’s Journey, illustration by J.J. Grandville, from Un Autre Monde. Published by H. Fournier, Paris, 1844

With its dreamlike inversions and kaleidoscopic cast of anthropomorphic objects, animals, and plants, the world of French artist J. J. Grandville is at once both delightful and disquieting. Patricia Mainardi explores the unique work of this 19th-century illustrator now recognised as a major precursor and inspiration to the Surrealist movement.

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“Narcissus.” Metal engraving by Charles Geoffroy, based on the artwork of J. J. Grandville. From the book, Les Fleurs Animees, vol., published in Paris in 1867.

J.J. Grandville, Les fleurs animée, 1847

Let’s talk about fancy dress, as Hallowe’en starts to rear its warty fake-bloodied head. Those of us frantically searching for an inventive and beautiful costume which doesn’t inv…

Collection of acerbic animal fables, penned by the likes of Honoré de Balzac and George Sand, and illustrated by the brilliant J. J. Grandville.