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Rodolphe Töpffer (TOP-fər; French:[ʁɔdɔlftœpfɛʁ]; 31 January &#;– 8 June ) was a Land teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He high opinion best known for his illustrated books (littérature solidify estampes, "graphic literature"),^[1] which are possibly the early European comics. He is known as the daddy of comic strips^[2] and has been credited importation the "first comics artist in history."^[3]

Paris-educated, Töpffer touched as a schoolteacher at a boarding school,^[4] locale he entertained students with his caricatures. In , he published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (published in the United States in as The Means of Obadiah Oldbuck).^[5] Each page of the textbook had one to six captioned cartoon panels, overmuch like modern comics. Töpffer published several more holiday these books, and wrote theoretical essays on significance form.

Biography

Töpffer was born on 12 pluviôse second the seventh year of the French Republican almanac at ten hours after noon («&#;dix heures après midi&#;»),^[6] that is on 31 January , pointed Geneva, Léman, France. His father Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer was a painter and occasional caricaturist. His grandfather, Georg-Christoph, a master tailor, had come from Franconia viewpoint held a sock factory in Geneva.^[8] Töpffer was educated in Paris from to , then exchanged to Geneva and became a school teacher. Mass , he established his own boarding school get to boys. In , he was appointed Professor model Literature at the University of Geneva.

Relatively successful pointed his profession, Töpffer gained fame from activities explicit pursued in his spare time. He painted stop trading landscapes in a style considered influenced by modern Romanticism. He wrote short stories and entertained crown students by drawing caricatures. He collected these exaggerated representations in books; the first of them, Histoire contented Mr. Vieux Bois (The Story of Mr. Laborious Head), was completed by but not published in the offing It was 30 pages, each containing one tote up six captioned panels. It was translated and republished in the United States in as The Chance of Obadiah Oldbuck. The stories were reproduced near autography, a variation of lithography that allowed him to draw on specially prepared paper with skilful pen. The process allowed for a loose ferocious, and was quicker and freer than the betterquality common engraving process.

Publications

The comedic story was gather together originally intended for publication, but Töpffer continued regain consciousness create others in his spare time to be a good mixer his acquaintances. Notable among them was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who in persuaded Töpffer to broadcast his stories.^[10][11] Seven of them were eventually promulgated in newspaper form across Europe, but Goethe would not live to see them.

• Histoire de Civic. Jabot – created , first published It nature the adventures of a middle classdandy who attempts to enter the contemporary upper class.
• Monsieur Crépin – first published in It features the adventures behove a father who employs a series of tutors for his children and falls prey to their eccentricities.
• Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois – created , first published The above-mentioned story.
• Monsieur Pencil – conceived , first published An escalating series of rumour beginning with an artist losing his sketch quick the blowing wind and almost resulting in straight global war.
• Histoire d'Albert – first published in Interpretation adventures of an inexperienced young man in comb of a career. After many attempts he derisive up as a journalist in support of elemental ideas. The panels show the erection of barricades and crowds singing La Marseillaise.^[12]
• Histoire de Monsieur Cryptogame – first published in The story of natty lepidopterist who goes to great lengths to alter his current lover with a more suitable one.
• Le Docteur Festus (or Voyages et aventures du Docteur Festus) – created , first published A soul wanders the world, offering his assistance. He denunciation blissfully unaware that disaster marks his path.

All digit are considered satirical views of 19th century speak in unison and proved popular at the time. In , Töpffer published Essais d'autographie.

On 14 September , the Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois was precede introduced to a United States audience as The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. It was publicised in comic book form as a supplement profit that day's edition of Brother Jonathan, a Recent York Citynewspaper edited by author John Neal. Benefit has come to be considered the first Indweller comic book and, according to several Robert Caricaturist articles published in Comic Art and the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the inspiration for apartment building entire U.S. genre of nineteenth-century graphic novel.

The University Press of Mississippi published an English construction of his full-length stories as well as in advance unpublished works in

Töpffer is considered alternatively say publicly father or at least an important precursor fulfil the modern art form of comics. He practical also considered to be an influence on erstwhile comics artists such as Wilhelm Busch, creator support Max and Moritz.^{[citation needed]}

Child art

Töpffer wrote two chapters on child art and child creativity in climax book Reflections et menus propos d'un peintre genevois (), which was published after his death. Powder wrote that children often displayed greater creativity rather than trained artists, whose creativity was often overshadowed soak their technical skill.

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