{"id":2725,"date":"2019-10-18T11:21:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/?page_id=2725"},"modified":"2021-12-01T16:32:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T21:32:02","slug":"draner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/collections\/askb\/draner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection: Types Militaires Par Draner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/collections\/askb\/exhibits.php\">Return to Exhibitions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/draner1.gif\" alt=\"Renard-Draner\" class=\"wp-image-2730\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An exhibition of military caricatures from the portfolio of prints lithographed in Paris by Lemercier after designs by Jules Draner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Brown University Library, December 1998\u2013February 1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Renard was born into a family of good standing and prosperity in the Belgian city of Li\u00e8ge in November, 1833, and soon discovered in himself a liking for drawing and painting and for exercising in these media a personal style of caricature, though he undertook no formal art training. In 1861, at the age of 28, he went to Paris where, probably through family connections, he found employment with the manufacturing firm of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Zincs de la Vieille-Montagne and, under his original surname, rose to be secretary of that lucrative corporation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collection Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/collections\/askb\/index.php\">Back to the main page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/collections\/askb\/introduction\/\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/collections\/askb\/collection.php\">The Collection<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/collections\/askb\/exhibits\/\">Exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/collections\/askb\/swords\/\">Mazansky Sword Collection<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/collections\/askb\/related.php\">Other military collections<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/collections\/askb\/mrsbrown\/\">Mrs. Anne S.K. Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, the dignified executive had not lost interest in his artistic hobby and production, and he made himself known to the editors and publishers of some of the most important illustrated satirical and news periodicals of the era, who took a great liking to his work and showed his caricatures and cartoons frequently, always prominently signed by the name Draner, a pseudonym (Renard in reverse spelling) he used all his life for all his graphic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Renard-Draner was settling in Paris in the mid-19th century, the armies and navies of the world, besides engaging in occasional short wars, were engaging themselves \u2014 and most vaingloriously and conspicuously indeed \u2014 in the art of display: reviews, parades, the exchange of visits by various branches and units, a mounting elaboration and variety in the design of uniforms and the social standing and activities of those of officer rank. All of these things caught and amused the eye and mind of Draner, and this was what he most happily and most successfully set out to caricature for the diversion and pleasure of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief result of his observation and his artistry was the series of 136 full-colour lithographic plates of high quality published by the firm of Daziaro in Paris and handsomely printed by the renowned establishment of Lemercier. The series was entitled <em>Types Militaires: Galerie militaire de toutes les nations<\/em>. Soldiers and sailors of all countries and all ranks are shown with strong humorous emphasis on ludicrous situations and national characteristics, but, it must be emphasised, always with the strictest accuracy in the depiction of uniforms and accoutrements down to the most minor details of button, braid, fringe, or feather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Draner also chronicled frankly but in a semi-caricature form the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, particularly the misfortunes and mishaps of the people of Paris during the city&#8217;s siege, and later, when the war had ended, the bumblings of the French army as subsequently re-constituted. However, after that war, with its horrors, sufferings, and after-effects, Draner lost his old admiration for the glory and the glitter of the military and no longer made it his occupation and pleasure to depict soldiery and its various aspects, even though he lived on to die in Paris at the age of 93 in 1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection contains many of Draner&#8217;s caricatures including a full set of Types Militaries, and a number of the artist&#8217;s original pencil and watercolour studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Gallery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"118\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jules1.gif\" alt=\"Aide-de-Camp du Major Mar\u00e9chal\" class=\"wp-image-2760\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><br>France-Empire 1812.<br>Aide-de-Camp du Major Mar\u00e9chal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jules2.gif\" alt=\"Officier et el\u00e8ve\" width=\"118\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jules2.gif 118w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jules2-100x125.gif 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>France-Ecole St. Cyr<br>Officier et el\u00e8ve<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jules3.gif\" alt=\"Offr. de Dragons\" class=\"wp-image-2746\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><br>Officier de Dragons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bb Return to Exhibitions An exhibition of military caricatures from the portfolio of prints lithographed in Paris by Lemercier after designs by Jules Draner. 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