法国画家、插画家、石版画师和玩具设计师安德烈·埃莱（André Hellé）

安德烈·拉克洛特，笔名安德烈·埃莱（André Hellé），是法国画家、插画师、石版画家与玩具设计师。

他的父亲是药剂师，他在巴黎郊区布瓦西圣莱热长大。19世纪90年代，在最初学习钢琴之后，他转而投身艺术创作，开始绘制幽默插画，其创作灵感源自一个昙花一现的艺术流派——“荒诞派（Incoherents）”。大约在1896年，他的插画与连环漫画首次正式出版，自此启用笔名安德烈·埃莱。

他的作品广受追捧，一直忙碌创作至20世纪30年代。面向成人读者的作品刊登于各类刊物：《大众报》（1899–1905）、《漫画》（1900–1904）、《欢笑》（1901–1915）、《微笑》（1902–1930）、《黄油盘》（1903–1910）、《趣味杂志》（1910–1914）、《无所不知》（1909–1912）、《我们的休闲时光》（1909–1912）、《巴黎生活》（1909–1920）以及《画报世界》（1932–1937）。他也为儿童刊物《孩童之乐》与《青年周四报》供稿。

1910年起，他设计制作木制玩具，其中包含一套名为“诺亚方舟”的系列。他还构思各类游戏，并与妻子一同设计儿童游戏室。凭借这些作品，他获得法国艺术与工业促进协会颁发的金质奖章与荣誉证书。1913年，他根据自己创作的一本儿童读物，为克劳德·德彪西撰写芭蕾舞剧本《玩具盒》（La Boîte à Joujoux）。德彪西完成了钢琴总谱，但受一战影响，这部芭蕾舞剧推迟至1919年才上演，彼时德彪西已经离世。

20世纪20年代末，他为数处夏令营与学校进行装饰工程。他经常参展幽默画家沙龙与秋季沙龙，并在秋季沙龙负责图书板块。1942年，他完成回忆录《一个小男孩的回忆》，记述了他口中那段漫长的童年时光。

2012至2013年，普瓦西玩具博物馆举办了他的作品回顾展。2015年，布瓦西圣莱热市立图书馆以他的名字命名。

 

 

André Laclôtre, known by the pseudonym André Hellé was a French painter, illustrator, lithographer, and toy designer.

His father was a pharmacist, and he grew up in the Parisian suburb of Boissy-Saint-Léger. In the 1890s, after initially studying the piano, he decided in favor of art and began creating humorous drawings, inspired by a short-lived art movement known as the “Incoherents”. He took the name André Hellé around 1896, when his drawings and comic strips were first published professionally.

Much in demand, he found himself very busy until well into the 1930s. His works for an adult audience were published in Le Journal pour tous (1899-1905), La Caricature (1900-1904), Le Rire (1901-1915), Le Sourire (1902-1930), L’Assiette au Beurre (1903-1910), le Journal amusant (1910-1914), Je sais tout (1909-1912), Nos loisirs (1909-1912), La Vie parisienne(1909-1920), and Le Monde Illustré (1932-1937). He also contributed to the children’s magazines, La Joie des Enfants and Le Jeudi de la Jeunesse.

Beginning in 1910, he designed and created wooden toys, including a series called “Noah’s Ark”. He also devised games and, together with his wife, designed children’s play rooms. His work earned him a gold medal and diploma of honor from the Société d’encouragement à l’art et à l’industrie. In 1913, he wrote a ballet scenario for Claude Debussy, based on one of his own children’s books, called La Boîte à Joujoux (The Toy Box). Debussy composed a piano score but, due to World War I, production was delayed until 1919, after Debussy’s death.

In the late 1920s, he did decorative work at several summer camps and schools. He was a regular participant in the Salon des Humoristes, and the Salon d’Automne, where he oversaw the book section. In 1942, he completed his memoirs, Les Souvenirs d’un Petit Garçon, covering what he describes as an extended childhood.

From 2012 to 2013, the Musée du Jouet (Toy Museum) in Poissy held a retrospective of his work. In 2015, the municipal library in Boissy-Saint-Léger was named after him.