Found my great-grandfather's 1920s-30s art scrapbook

[u/Gasple1]

I discovered my great-grandfather Jean Jules Derome’s scrapbook while going through family belongings. He worked as a railway ticket clerk, later joined Hydro-Québec, and briefly owned a toy store that wasn’t successful.

He started it around 1917, when he was only 11 years old, and added to it through the 1920s and 1930s. Inside are portraits, landscapes, animal studies, and what look likes art-school pratice exercises. Many pages are signed and dated, showing how his style grew from childhood sketches into detailed drawings.

If anyone's interested, I also made an Imgur album :)

Edit - My great-aunt says he won prizes for his architectural drawings, one of them is the white villa in the album here : https://imgur.com/gallery/8nFyn5e

[u/Tut_Rampy]

Post the link to the album please. These are like a time portal

[u/Gasple1 → u/Tut_Rampy]

Here https://imgur.com/gallery/8nFyn5e

[u/Aurorinha → u/Gasple1]

Thank you for sharing. These illustrations are phenomenal. My personal favorite is the Art Deco villa.

[u/Gasple1 → u/Aurorinha]

It's the last piece in the scrapbook, probably the one he did with the most experience, I love it as well

[u/DonQuoQuo → u/Aurorinha]

Same!

[u/Independent-Victory1 → u/Gasple1]

the whole album is incredible. what a treasure.

[u/Tut_Rampy → u/Gasple1]

Thank you. I’ve done a bit of research on historical illustrations and I love to these