Caricaturist, born in Moscow, Russia. He studied in Moscow, then moved to Paris, where he became a contributor to many periodicals. He was a pioneer in the development of the bande dessinée (French comic strip), and a major influence on H M Bateman. His pseudonym came from the Russian word for pencil.
Caran d'Ache (pseudonym of Emmanuel Poiré — Moscow, 1858 - 1909) was a French satiric political cartoonist.
In 1892, Caran d'Ache published Carnet de Chèques ("Checkbook") on the Panama Canal Affair.
In 1895, he started publishing editorial cartoons (every Monday) in the daily le Figaro, and soon thereafter for the popular weekly Le Rire.
In 1898, Émile Zola published J'Accuse, which brought the Dreyfus Affair into the spotlight.
Caran d'Ache's pseudonym was based on the Russian word karandash (карандаш), meaning pencil.
Caran d'Ache is also the name of a famous Swiss fine arts products company, named by the founder, Arnold Schweitzer, after the cartoonist, whose drawings he was fond of.
http://www.carandache.ch
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