Clérice Frères are the illustrators François Clérice (1882) and Victor Clérice (1880) - they have worked in France and produced pictures and posters for theater and liqueur companies and coverings for sheet music for music publishers and almost always with pictures of beautiful women.
Their father Charles (Carlos) Clérice (Norman descent), born in 1860 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, lived and worked there, came in 1882 after his father's death with his friend and colleague illustrator Candido de Faria , and with all his family to France. In France, as a lithographer and illustrator, he illustrated numerous books, magazines and comics, and almost always signed with Ch. Clérice (often in the copper plate).
Charles is two sons, François and Victor and his brother Justin Clérice have founded the artist studio (and / or lithographic company) under the name of Clérice Frères. Charles was sometimes helped by his brother Justin with the production of posters. These posters were also usually signed Clérice Frères. The signature of Charles Clérice appeared regularly in La Semaine de Suzette's early editions in the 1910s, performed with strips of oriental figures. The work of Charles (Carlos) Clerice was exhibited at the Engraving in Argentina exhibition in Rosario in 1942. In 1879, he illustrated the first edition of Martin Fierro, the story of a gaucho by Argentine writer José Hernadez, published by the Libreria del Plata. Clérice's work can be seen in the Museo Histórico Nacional in Buenos Aires (Source: Dictionary of Artists. E. Bénézit (Paris: Gründ, 2006) Volume 3, p. 1116)
It is likely, given the typical character style, that most lithographs (posters, sheet music) are signed by a single person, namely Victor Clérice. Victor Clérice (1880) began making artwork for the Journal de Voyages at the age of 16. Then he went on to illustrate stories, but that was boring him and he went to make humorous drawings for local newspapers. There are also strips known, signed by Clérice Frères. The brothers also published two books by L'Affaire du Courier de Lyon in 1938. On a site about sheet music covers, over 580 images of the brothers have been admired.
Justin has become successful as a composer. After studying at the Conservatory of Paris, Justin Clérice (16 October 1863 - 1908) started composing for dance, ballet and theatrical scenes. After 1900, he composed a large repertoire of music for solo instrument - mainly piano - in a then-in-mode genre called Musique de salon (rolls, Habaneras, romances, marches, opera comique, etc.). The piano music of Justin Clérice is due to his musical quality.
These books by Louis Boussenard were illustrated by Charles Clérice: Externe link
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