Image of Épinal

A image of Épinal is a print on the popular subject and bright colors.

Presentation

Sold formerly by hawkers, the images of Épinal owe their name with Jean-Charles Pellerin, which was the first printer to publish in series this type of image, and which lived the town of Épinal (the Vosges). The subjects are very varied but generally are around the Religion, the Histoire (French revolution, battles, military uniforms), or drawn from novels with success.

It takes its origins in the imagery, popular art born at the 15th century especially intended for the illiterate public of the campaigns.

In the beginning the image is engraved on a plank of wood and the impression is carried out using a press with arm which is then put color by means of stencil key sets.

With the wire of time the Image of Epinal changes. The single table is supplemented by the board made up of a history, drawings, songs.

Riddles of Épinal

Among the production of the imagery of Épinal, one finds the " devinettes". The goal of the play consists in seeking a hidden object. Very often, it is advisable to turn over the image head-digs to see it more easily. The image is accompanied by an explanatory text on the nature of the object or the character to be discovered. These riddles were published in the form of small images which one distributed to the wise children, like good points. Many marks as much as tradesmen made use of these boards of images to make their advertisements. A cartoon for television entitled " Riddles of Épinal" , taking again the images of Jean-Charles Pellerin, was diffused in 1983 on Antenne 2. See this site.

The expression “image of Épinal”

The expression image of Épinal took with the wire time an illustrated direction, which indicates a emphatic vision, traditional and naive, which shows only the good side of the things.

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