Jean Veber
French caricaturist and painter
Jean Veber was a French caricaturist and painter. Jean Veber was born in Paris in 1864. Trained as a painter, he became an illustrator when his brother Pierre urged him to join the staff of the newspaper Gil Blas. In 1897, his drawing depicting Otto von Bismarck as a butcher of his own people caused a major controversy. Some of his caricatures were also published in L'Assiette au Beurre and Le Rire. Veber volunteered into service in World War I at fifty years of age. He was intoxicated by poisonous gases and demobilized in the course of 1918. Jean Veber died in 1928.
Artworks by this artist
- Le Concert Koechlin
- Boules de son…patates…singe…pinard…gniaule…colis et babillardes- – les hommes de soupes 1916
- The Rouart Sale c. 1912
- La Discussion politique 1904
- Le Coup de pied de Vénus ou La Colère de Vénus 1910
- Les camp de reconcentration 1901
- En Lorraine (septembre 1914) – Mamey 1914
- Pauvre soldat, tu n’es bien accueilli que par les pauvres 1918
- La Fortune poursuivie 1910
- Le Silence 1901
- Petit nu assis sur un tabouret 1912
- The Lesson
- La Soirée Bourgeoise 1907
- La ville de Paris pendant le mois d’août 1914 1914
- Fête champêtre 1906
- Le curé de Moyenvic 1914
- ‘Nous sommes unis dans la détresse et dans la mort…’ Harangue du 2 août 1914 – le Kaiser au balcon 1914
- Le Dompteur a été mangé 1909
- L’âme des mères voltigent autour des combattants 1910s
- L’Interview – la cueillette des poires 1907