EDITION OF “LA CARICATURE” SATIRICAL MAGAZINE AND EUROPEAN CARICATURE SCHOOL

Abstract

The article highlights the role of the satirical press in the development of caricature as a separate genre, and its popularization in society, emphasizes the authority and the political influence of the satirical magazine “La Caricature” (Paris, 1830), which began to be published during the French Revolutionary waves. The author carried out scientific study on Ch.Philipon, editor-in-chief of “La Caricature” magazine and literary theorist‟s fruitful and effective activity, and H.Daumier, the main artist of the magazine with a stronger revolutionary will, paying particular attention to their cooperation. The satirical drawings of well-known cartoonists of the era published in the magazine, and distinguished by their critical contents and socio-political assignments, bitter irony and sarcasm are thoroughly analyzed. Involving these cartoons in the study allowed to demonstrate the basics of satirical graphics, penetrate into the essence and storyline and the choice of theme of these drawings and the ways of their artistic solution, as well as to justify the significance and political power of caricature as an art form.