Fernand Louis Gottlob

Fernand-Louis Gottlob (Paris, 1873 – Paris, 1935) was a French painter, caricaturist and printmaker, best remembered for his illustrations on sheet-music covers. He worked in the Belle Époque, when humorous magazines and lithographic posters were flourishing in Paris.

He trained under Gaston Jobbé-Duval and first exhibited at the Salon in 1891, signing as "F. Gottlob". His caricatures appeared in Le Rire, Le Sourire and L'Assiette au Beurre, and from 1899 he also took on commercial advertising work.

His 1900 poster for the 2nd Exposition des Peintres-Lithographes shows the influence of Toulouse-Lautrec, with a woman silhouetted before a bright window. He made relatively few posters, among them La Matadora (1916). He also painted views of Paris and landscapes of Normandy and Brittany, and illustrated books by Tolstoy and Courteline.

From 1904 he belonged to the artistic and literary society Le Cornet, for which he designed twelve menus. He died in Paris in 1935. His posters are now held in public and private collections, including the Stein collection in the United States.