Charles Philipon

Charles Philipon
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Born
Claude Charles Guillaume Philipon

(1800-04-19)19 April 1800
Lyon, France
Died25 January 1861(1861-01-25) (aged 60)
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
Known forDesigner, journalist, caricaturist, lithographer, entrepreneur, painter Illustration, graphics/graphic arts
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Charles Philipon (19 April 1800 – 26 January 1862) was a French lithographer, caricaturist and journalist. He was the founder and director of the satirical political journals La Caricature and of Le Charivari.