Arthur Rimbaud Illustrations : Gabriel Lefebvre
Editions La Renaissance du Livre - 160 pages – 120 illustrations.
Some fourty poems illustrated by Gabriel Lefebvre, the illustrator of literature for youth.
The artists are always touched by the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), its strenght and its evocative power. Black and white or colour, whatever the images - painting, drawing or photography - they echo the poems.
Gabriel Lefebvre is fascinated by this poet who remains today as a symbols of the early genius in literature.
Jean Lahor
Discovering a French doctor, philosopher and poet of the 19th Century,
A lover of the East.
Georges Cazalis, known as Jean Lahor (1840-1909).
1872 - Le Livre du Néant
1875 - L'Illusion
1893 - Identité
1893 - L'Enchantement de Siva
Père, engloutis-moi donc, sois donc bien mon tombeau;
Et, si je participe à ta vie éternelle,
Que ce soit sans penser, tel que la goutte d'eau
Que la mer roule et berce inconsciente en elle.
Je ne jouirai plus, mais ne souffrirai pas;
J'ai ri, pleuré, souffert, j'ai vécu : fais-moi trêve;
Je veux le vrai néant et l'absolu trépas,
Et le sommeil sans fin, que ne trouble aucun rêve...
