Töpffer, Rodolphe
Persona
Dates 1799-1846
Paese SWITZERLAND Lingua (en) Francese
Töpffer, Rudolph
Töpffer, R.
Toepffer, Rodolphe
Toepffer, Rodolfo
Töpffer
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1799-1846 // Scrittore, fumettista e illustratore. Nato e morto a Ginevra.
Birth Geneva, 31.01.1799 Death Geneva, 08.06.1846 Nationality Republic of Geneva
Rodolphe Töpffer ( TOP-fər; French: [ʁɔdɔlf tœpfɛʁ]; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He is best known for his illustrated books (littérature en estampes, "graphic literature"), which are possibly the earliest European comics. He is known as the father of comic strips and has been credited as the "first comics artist in history. [...] " Paris-educated, Töpffer worked as a schoolteacher at a boarding school, where he entertained students with his caricatures. In 1837, he published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (published in the United States in 1842 as The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck). Each page of the book had one to six captioned cartoon panels, much like modern comics. Töpffer published several more of these books, and wrote theoretical essays on the form.
Catalogo cumulativo 1886-1957 del Bollettino delle pubblicazioni italiane (CUBI) ricevute per diritto di stampa dalla Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Nendeln, Kraus, 1968, 41 v. (Rist. anast. dell ed: Roma, 1958)
World biographical Index. Internet-edition. K. G. Saur Eletronic Publishing Munchen: www.saur-wbi.de
Catalogo in linea della Bibliothèque Nationale de France: http://catalogue.bnf.fr
Catalogo in linea della Library of Congress http://catalog.loc.gov
