held by museums. Boutet de Monvel is still considered a master of the children's illustration genre for the originality of his work. His style has been praised for its lack of unnecessary detail, and it has been noted that his images provide "a revelation of a subject which the writer has treated only in a fragmentary and superficial manner." He has been ranked alongside Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott as a leading figure of the 19th century's golden era of children's book illustration. Selected books illustrated by de Monvel Vielles chansons et rondes pour les petits enfants (Old Songs and Rounds for Little Children, 1883) Chansons de France pour les petits français (Songs of France for French Children 1884) Quand j'étais petit by Lucien Briart (When I Was Young, 1886) La Farce de maître Pathelin (The Farce of Master Pathelin, 1887) Nos enfants, scènes de la ville et des champs by Anatole France (Our Children: Scenes from the Country and the Town, 1887) Fables de La Fontaine (Fables of La Fontaine, 1888) Xavière by Ferdinand Fabre (1890) Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc, 1895) In popular culture Boutet de Monvel was a mentor of the Dutch illustrator Henriette Willebeek le Mair, who studied with him informally over a number of years. In A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway mentions Boutet de Monvel's Joan of Arc Illustrations, likening Alice B. Toklas' hair to that of Joan of Arc's hair. Gallery References Further reading Dowdes, William Howe (1900). "Boutet de Monvel." In: Twelve Great Artists. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, pp. 93–101. Addade, Stéphane-Jacques. Bernard Boutet de Monvel. Éd. de l'Amateur, 2001. External links Pierre Bonnard, the Graphic Art, an exhibition catalog from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel (see index) 1851 births 1913 deaths Artists from Orléans 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century male artists French children's book illustrators