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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Léon Choubrac
- Léon Choubrac (17 November 1847 – 5 April 1885), who sometimes signed his drawings with Hope, was a French poster designer and illustrator based in Paris. With his younger brother Alfred Choubrac, Léon was trained as a classical artist with the painters Charles Doërr and Isidore Pils at the École des Beaux Arts.
- The Choubrac brothers came very soon to the poster, practicing since 1875 the modern treatment of colors and typography, associated with images thanks to chromolithography.
- In the early 1870s, the Choubrac brothers and Jules Chéret (known as "the father of the modern poster") reduced the cost of colour lithography introducing technical advances.
- Additionally, in 1881 restrictions on bill-posting (affichage) were lifted and eased state control of the media in France.
- In 1884, the Paris city council started to rent out surfaces belonging to the municipality, paving the way for a rapid increase in the production and distribution of advertising posters.
- Posters with clear colours and dashing images appeared all over town during the vibrant spirit of the Belle Époque.Léon and Alfred created the Ateliers Choubrac.
- As an illustrator, he sometimes collaborated with his brother in Gil Blas or the satirical weekly Le Courrier français, among others.
- Choubrac illustrated several works by Emile Zola.
- Although Leon died young (1885), his brother Alfred went on to produce an impressive number of posters for Parisian entertainers, theatres, businesses and various commercial products.
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