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Crafty
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Victor Eugène Géruzez
24 May 1840 Paris
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| Died | 26 May 1906 (aged 66) Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles
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| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Equine illustration |
Crafty, real name Victor Eugène Géruzez (24 May 1840 in Paris – 26 May 1906 in Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles) was a French comic writer and illustrator, specialising in books about horses and hunting on horseback.
Biography
He was the son of Nicolas Eugène Géruzez and Désirée-Antoinette Sales. He was married on 7 March 1874 in Paris, to Louise Marguerite Gabrielle Vavin, the daughter of Alexis Vavin. They had two children, Claire Hélène and Jean Pierre Eugène.
He studied under Charles Gleyre, and exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1877.
His drawings were first published in Le Centaure, a review established by Léon Crémière, who also published his first two books, Snob à Paris and Snob à l'exposition ("Snob at the Paris Exposition").
He was a contributor to several reviews, newspapers and periodicals including Le Journal Amusant, La Vie Parisienne, L'Éclipse, Graphic, L’Esprit Follet, and Le Journal Pour Rire.
He provided many of the illustrations for Les Chats by Champfleury (1870) and Enfants by Alphonse Daudet (1873). He also illustrated a book by his brother Paul.
Originals of his work are highly sought.
Works
- (in fr) Snob à Paris. Paris: Léon Crémière. 1866.
- (in fr) Snob à l'Exposition. Paris: Léon Crémière. 1867.
- (in fr) Paris à cheval, texte et dessins par Crafty. Paris: E. Plon et Cie. 1883. https://archive.org/download/parischeval00craf/parischeval00craf.pdf., with a preface by Gustave Droz
- (in fr) La Province à cheval, texte et dessins, par Crafty. Paris: Librairie Plon, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. 1885. https://archive.org/download/laprovincecheval00craf/laprovincecheval00craf.pdf.
- Crafty (1886) (in fr). L'Équitation puérile et honnête, petit traité à la plume et au pinceau. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. https://archive.org/details/lquitationpu00craf.
- Crafty (1887) (in fr). La Chasse à tir, notes et croquis.
- La Chasse à courre, notes et croquis. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. 1888. https://archive.org/details/lachassecourre00craf.
- (in fr) Album Crafty. Les Chiens. 1890.
- (in fr) Album Crafty. Croquis parisiens. Les Chevaux. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. https://archive.org/details/albumcraftylesch00craf.
- (in fr) Paris au Bois, texte et croquis. Paris: E. Plon et Cie. 1890. https://archive.org/details/parisaubois00crafgoog.
- (in fr) Album Crafty. Quadrupèdes et bipèdes. 1893.
- (in fr) À travers Paris, texte et dessins. Paris: Librairie Plon, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. 1894. https://archive.org/download/traversparis00craf/traversparis00craf.pdf.
- (in fr) Anciens et nouveaux sports. Paris sportif, texte et dessins par Crafty. Paris: Librairie Plon, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. 1896.
- (in fr) Sur le Turf, texte et dessins, par Crafty. Courses plates et steeple-chases. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. 1899. https://archive.org/download/surleturf00craf/surleturf00craf.pdf.
- Album Crafty. Croquis parisiens (below)
- le Comte de Comminges, Captain of the 15th Horse (in fr). Dressage et menage. Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie. https://archive.org/details/dressageetmenag00commgoog. Illustrated by Crafty.
