Louis Denis-Valvérane (1870-1943) was a Provençal painter and illustrator/cartoonist who is perhaps best known for his racy (at the time) cartoons in the magazine
La vie Parisienne that he signed as Vald'Es.
Biographical information on him is almost non-existent on the Internet. Very brief items are
here and
here. A web site devoted to him is
here. It is in French and contains a little more information, but mostly mentions aspects of Provençal nationalism.
Denis-Valvérane's paintings found on the Web tend to be somewhat mediocre in my opinion, but some of his cartoon work strikes me as being very good. Examples of each are shown below.
Gallery
Notre Dame du Romigier, Mairie de Manosque
A scene from Denis-Valvérane's home town.
Traveuax des champs - Working the Fields
Young Woman Reading a Letter to a Blind Man
The man's shirt and hands are done well.
Sailing Boats
Apparently it was expected in La vie Parisienne that it was good to show some female thigh above the stocking.
But that wasn't mandatory.
Hinting was also acceptable.
Flapper and apparent Sugar Daddy.
A two-part cartoon about young French women in the Roaring Twenties.
I like this one. Well-drawn, witty. Click on it to enlarge.
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