'l'Amour en Campagne'
War Time Cartoons from a French Magazine
A Collection of 100 Cartoons from 'La Vie Parisienne'
'La Vie Parisienne' was one of the best known risqué magazines. Published in Paris, its stood symbol for a high-spirited and sligthly hedonistic life-style in which women, wine and having a good time were considered to be of prime importance in life. It made a name for itself by printing numerous drawings and illustrations (no photographs) of lovely looking ladies in all stage of dress and undress. The illustrations were made by artists such as Leonnec and Hérouard, many of whom later became rightly famous for their charming depictions of the female.
Utterly innocent and inoffensive by modern standards, the magazine nevertheless managed to offend the bourgeois sensibilities of many a straight-laced individual, especially those living outside of France. Some American and British military authorities unfavorably mentioned 'la Vie Parisienne' by name as an unhealthy influence upon the manners and mores of the troops.
Publication continued during the war years and the magazine was no doubt eagerly read by soldiers at and behind the front lines, French, British, American or German for that matter. War related humor was quite the thing during 1914-18 of course and several collections of cartoons and drawings from 'la Vie Parisienne' were published. The following collection of cartoons comes from a volume called 'l'Amour en Campagne' (Love in the Field - Love on Campaign). Most of the drawings were simply excuses to show ladies in various states of nudity. Here we have chosen those with a military theme.
* see link to 'La Vie Parisienne' Magazine'
'We're not hiring any more cantine girls'
