50 cm

After attempting a commercial career in China, in 1896 in Paris he signed his first “Made” drawings then met Edmond Vernier who signed “Dola”: the duo then produced illustrations under the name “Madola” intended for operetta librettos, which they first produced in their lithographic workshop. Between 1897 and 1904, under the sole pen name “Jacques Wély”, he executed a number of sheet music covers, among others for the Parisian publisher Enoch. Around the same time, he delivered an increasing number of caricatures to most satirical and light-hearted newspapers. He also engaged in the production of paintings, for example offering 12 paintings at the Salon des humouristes in 1909. Member of the National Society of Fine Arts, his gouaches show humorous or tender couple scenes, portraits of wom.