WW1 Fabien Fabiano French postcard showing Two Girls Playing with Toy Soldiers

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Humorous French postcard c. 1916 by Fabien Fabiano showing two girls playing with toy soldiers
Fabien Fabiano
(1882
– 1962), pseudonym of
Jules Coup de Fréjac
, was a French illustrator, portrait painter, and designer. Descended from a family of sailors in Brittany, he spent his childhood in the small port of Dahouët. He moved to Paris in 1900 and married Nadine Khouzan a pianist virtuoso. He studied at the preparatory workshop of
École des Beaux-Arts
, and the
Académie Colarossi
and took lessons with
Alphonse Mucha
. His early illustrations were published in  the
New-York Tribune
,
La Vie Parisienne
, and Fantasio. He traveled frequently and painted the portraits of society members, Hollywood stars and political figures