Maximilien vox biography

Maximilien Vox was a French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography.
Maximilien Vox was a French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography.
Maximilien Vox was a French artist who was born in 1894.

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Room 4: Maximilien Vox

Now we have another colour illustration, this one by Maximilien Vox. Vox was a French artist who used a combination of line drawing and light pastel watercolour to visualize the scenes in the novel. The Art Deco movement was rife in France at the time of these illustrations and it is easy to see its influence in Vox’s use of pale colours, and the expressionless gazes of the characters facing away from the viewer’s perspective.

‘And by my treatment of the pictures I have tried to attune myself to an art which never stresses, records only the essential, draws rather than paints: an art which aims at grace and rhythm rather than at intensity of expression’

– Maximilien Vox on his Pride & Prejudice illustrations

In this interpretation of the famous letter scene, Mr Darcy is positioned below Elizabeth Bennet, as she appears to be ascending a staircase. This could represent how Elizabeth was feeling about Darcy at the time, as an individual who had mocked her family and prevented her sister from marrying Mr Bingley, as well as hi

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RC satin paper 250 grams

The photosensitive emulsion is coated on a polyethylene support called RC (Resin Coated) which makes this paper particularly resistant to handling and stable over time.

The print is made from the digital file on real silver photo paper. The Durst Lambda imager uses paper with silver emulsion. The transfer is made directly from the digital file, by exposing the photosensitive support with red, green, and blue laser beams. The paper is then developed in a chemical process, washed and dried. This technology guarantees very high-quality productions and a traditional photographic rendering.

The RC satin paper 230 grams is only available for the format 24 X 30 cm.

Hahnemühle baryta paper 315 grams

The baryta silver paper is a paper on a thick cardboard support, covered with a sensitive emulsion and a layer of barium sulfate (or baryte). It is this mineral which allows the whiteness of the paper and its exceptional durability.

Today, paper manufacturers have adapted baryta paper into a modern digital version for inkjet printing. We have chosen

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Maximilien Vox

French cartoonist and writer (1894–1974)

Maximilien Vox (real name: Samuel William Théodore Monod^[1]) was a French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography.^[2]^[3]

He was born on 16 December 1894 in Condé-sur-Noireau in Calvados, where his father was a minister, and educated at the Corneille school in Rouen.

In 1914 he published his humorous cartoons in L'Humanité, Floréal and La Guerre Sociale and became editor of Le Mot, the review produced by Paul Iribe. Most of his cartoons were signed by Sam Monod or Esmono. Monod adopted a number of aliases before settling on Maximilien Vox. After getting married he went to Paris to learn typography, and in 1926 was awarded the Prix Blumenthal, worth 20,000 Francs, for a series of 24 book covers.

During the Second World War, he worked as a department head for the Ministry of Information while continuing his editorial activities. In 1942 he founded The Union Bibliophile de France, which publishe