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Gus Bofa

Gus Bofa (1883 - 1968) was active/lived in France.  Gus Bofa is known for Poster art, illustration, satire, erotic novels.

Gus Bofa (born Charles Blanchot) (23 May 1883 in Brive-la-Gaillarde – 1 September 1968) was a French illustrator, known for his work on satirical newspapers and erotic novels. Son of Colonel Charles Blanchot (1834-1918), of whom he was the 11th and penultimate child, he spent his childhood in Bordeaux then moved to Paris (his father was appointed military commander of the Senate) where he enrolled at the Lycée Henri -IV, establishment where he met André Dunoyer de Segonzac and Maurice Constantin-Weyer who would remain his closest friends.

It was at the early age of five that he invented his artist name, Gus Bofa.

After a few years as an engineer, he launched into posters and took part in Le Rire, then Le Sourire and La Petite Sirène . He also designs costumes and sets for the theatre. During the First World War he composed the covers of the magazine La Baïonnette. Between the wars, he collaborated with the monthly Le Crapouillot .

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