Henri
Paul Gassier
was born in
France in 1883. A committed socialist,
Gassier began working as a cartoonist for L'Humanite
in 1908. His work also appeared in the satrical magazine, Les
Hommes du Jour. In 1915 he helped form his own weekly magazine,
Le Canard Enchaine.
After returning from the First World War Gassier
returned to L'Humanite but left
when it became the Communist daily paper in 1926. He joined the Le
Journal (1926-39) where Adolf
Hitler became a target for his satire. In the post-war period
Glassier worked for L'Humanite
and Le Canard Enchaine. Henri
Paul Gassier died in 1951.
Henri Paul Gassier, War Camouflage
(1939)
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