Martin van Maele (FR. Martin van Maële; real name was Maurice françois Alfred Martin van Maele; October 12, 1863, Boulogne-Billancourt — September 5, 1926, Varennes-Jarcy) is a French Illustrator literature of the early XX century, best known for his works of erotic literature.
His mother was Virginie Mathilde Jeanne van Maele (FR. Virginie Mathilde Jeanne Van Maele), and father, Louis Alfred Martin (FR. Louis Alfred Martin), himself an engraver and later a lecturer at the school of fine arts in Geneva. His nickname of Martin van Maele took, combining the middle name of the mother and the father's name. He also sometimes used the pseudonym A. Van Troizem.
He married Marie Francoise Wife (FR. Marie Françoise Genet), who lived in Chantilly at the time of his death. They did not have children. He had a brother, Philibert the Wife (FR. Philibert Genet), who lived in Lyon.
Van Maele died September 5, 1926 and is buried in the cemetery of Varennes-Jarcy.
Life and career.
About the life of Martin van Maele little is known. He worked in Brussels and Paris. His best known work — illustrations to the poems of Paul Verlaine — was published in small editions by publisher Charles Carrington.
Van Maele career began with illustrations for the novel by H. G. wells in Les Premiers Hommes dans la Lune (First men in the moon), published by Felix Juven in 1901. In the same year he drew illustrations to the novel of Anatole France's "Thais," published by Charles Carrington. Later, van Maele worked on illustrations for the French translation of a series of stories about Sherlock Holmes.
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