L'Illustration

L'Illustration (1843–1944) was a French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, after 1906, the first international illustrated magazine; distributed in 150 countries.

History
In 1891, L'Illustration became the first French newspaper to publish a photograph. Many of these photographs came from syndicated photo-press agencies like Chusseau-Flaviens, but the publication also employed its own photographers such as Léon Gimpel and others. In 1907, L'Illustration was the first to publish a color photograph. It also published Gaston Leroux' novel Le mystère de la chambre jaune as a serial a year before its 1908 release. La Petite Illustration was the name of the supplement to L'Illustration that published fiction, plays, and other arts-related material.

During the Second World War, while it was owned by the Baschet family, L'Illustration supported Marshal Philippe Pétain's Révolution nationale, but turned down pro-German articles by French aristocrat and diplomat Jacques Bouly de Lesdain. However, Lesdain later became its political editor.

The magazine was shut down in 1944 following the Liberation of Paris. Another version re-opened in 1945 under the name France-Illustration, but went bankrupt in 1957.

Editor-in-chief

 * Gaston Sorbets (from 1923).

Journalists

 * Gustave Babin

Writers

 * Brada

Notable photographers

 * Joshua Benoliel
 * Victor Bulla
 * Blanquart-Evrard
 * Brébisson
 * Disdéri
 * Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
 * Léon Gimpel
 * Jimmy Hare
 * Gustave Le Gray
 * Mayer et Pierson

Notable illustrators (1843–1914)

 * Andriolli
 * Bertall
 * Pharamond Blanchard
 * Karl Bodmer
 * Joseph-Félix Bouchor
 * Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun
 * Eugène Burnand
 * Cami
 * Caran d'Ache
 * Cham
 * Henry Cheffer
 * Dagnan-Bouveret
 * Draner
 * Durand-Brager
 * Jules Férat
 * Forain
 * Gustave Fraipont
 * Gavarni
 * Henry Gerbault
 * Henri Gervex
 * Victor Gilbert
 * Jules Girardet
 * Karl Girardet
 * Grandville
 * Eugène Grasset
 * Albert Guillaume
 * Dudley Hardy
 * Charles Hoffbauer
 * Janet-Lange
 * Jeanniot
 * Lucien Jonas
 * Kupka
 * Jules Laurens
 * Charles Léandre
 * Lorsay
 * Louis Malteste
 * Malo-Renault
 * Alfons Mucha
 * Louis Rémy Sabattier
 * Georges Scott