Gustave Fraipont
Gustave Mathieu Joseph Fraipont, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode on May 9, 1849 and died in Paris 6e on April 29, 1923, was a French painter, sculptor, illustrator and poster artist of Belgian origin.
Gustave Fraipont was a pupil of Henri Hendrickx and Henri de Hern. Belgian by birth, he became a naturalized French citizen after the 1870 war, during which he enlisted in the French army. A drawing teacher at the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur, he is the author of numerous works on drawing techniques. In 1885, he provided illustrations for the series Le Littoral de la France published by Victor Palmé. He also illustrated books on Paris and the French regions.
He contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines, including Courrier français and Paris illustré. He was one of the founding members of the Société des artistes lithographes français (1884). In 1905, he was appointed painter to the French Navy.
During the First World War, he produced several compositions for the newspaper L'Illustration, notably on monuments destroyed by the war: halles in Ypres, Reims cathedral and Arras town hall. In 1917, he was commissioned by the Banque de France to design a new 20-franc bill, but his project was rejected.
B130 (
- KM187
- P-43
Blue.
- Printer: Chaix, Paris
- 10/6/1919
- 84 x 56mm
- Fraipont, G. INV
B131 (
- KM188
- P-44
Blue.
- Printer: Chaix, Paris
- 10/6/1919
- 84 x 56mm
- Fraipont, G. INV
B132 (
- KM189
- P-45
Purple and yellow.
- Printer: Chaix, Paris
- 10/6/1919
- 93 x 59mm
- Fraipont, G. INV
B133 (
- KM190
- P-46
Red and brown.
- Printer: Chaix, Paris
- 10/6/1919
- 101 x 67mm
- Fraipont, G. INV
B134 (
- KM191
- P-47
Blue.
- Printer: Chaix, Paris
- 10/6/1919
- 101 x 67mm
- Fraipont, G. INV
B114b (
- KM616b
- P-9b
France and Local Woman, Ships
- Printer: BdF
- 3/8/1938
- 219 x 151mm
- Sig 7
- Watermark: Head of Polynesian woman
For notes with this same design, see France and Ships omnibus
B122 (
- KM627
- P-13B
France and Local Woman, Ships
- Printer: BdF
- 3/8/1938
- 219 x 151mm
- Sig 7
- Series A.4
- Second Free France overprint design on B114b
For notes with this same design, see France and Ships omnibus
B123 (
- KM622
- P-13C
France and Local Woman, Ships
- Printer: BdF
- 3/8/1938
- 219 x 151mm
- Sig 7
- Series S.2-Z.2
- First Free France overprint design on B114b
For notes with this same design, see France and Ships omnibus
B203 (
- MK503
- P-8
- Printer: BdF
- ND (1921)
- 127 x 80mm
- Serial numbers only at bottom
B204e (
- MK504e
- P-9
Blue, lt. Green, Red.
- Printer: BdF
- ND (1924)
- 127 x 80mm
- Sig 7
- Serial numbers at top and bottom
- Watermark: BFK and CI within crown
B215f (
- MK522
- P-15b
- Printer: BdF
- 11/10/1948
- 210 x 120mm
- Sig 12
- Watermark: Lion
B316a (
- KM417a
- P-38
France and Local Woman, Ships
- Printer: BdF
- 12/27/1927
- 219 x 151mm
- Sig 5
For notes with this same design, see France and Ships omnibus
B204a (
- KM704
- P-12A
France and Local Woman, Ships
- Printer: BdF
- 3/8/1938
- 219 x 151mm
- Sig 7
- Oval “NOUVELLES HEBRIDES FRANCE LIBRE”, Cross of Lorraine and palm tree overprint on New Caledonia B316a
For notes with this same design, see France and Ships omnibus
B302a (
- P-23
- Printer: Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes
- 5/1/1941
- 170 x 100mm
- Watermark: Head of King Alexander I
P-13b (
- KM515b
France and Local Woman, Ships
- Printer: BdF
- 1926
- 219 x 151mm
- Sig 4
For notes with this same design, see France and Ships omnibus
B202 (
- P-22
- Printer: BdF
- 11/30/1920
- 170 x 100mm
- Sig 1
B203 (
- P-23
- Printer: BdF
- 11/30/1920
- 196 x 122mm
- Sig 1
- Series 1-262
- Fraipont, G. FEC
B102a (
- P-27b
- Printer: Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes
- 12/1/1929
- 168 x 98mm
- Sig 1
- Watermark: Head of Miloš Obrenović in profile
- Like B202 but with different issuer name
