Édouard Chimot (26 November 1880 – 7 June 1959) was a French artist, illustrator and editor whose career reached its peak in the 1920s in Paris, through the publication of fine quality art-printed books.
These were published in 1919, followed by La Montée aux enfers and Les Soirs d’opium by Maurice Magre, Le Fou by Aurele Partorni, L’Enfer by Henri Barbusse, La Petite Jeanne pâle by Jean de Tinan, and Mouki le Delaisse by André Cuel, all illustrated with original etchings between 1920 and 1922.
Between 1923 and 1931, from his atelier in the rue Ampère, he oversaw the production of an array of books illustrated by such artists as Pierre Brissaud, Edgar Chahine, Alméry Lobel-Riche, and Tsuguharu Foujita.
[citation needed] Not only was he editing an important list for Devambez, but he remained at the same time as director of Éditions de La Roseraie, while also pursuing his own artistic career.
In the 1920s, Chimot also made at least two films, L’Ornière (1924, also known as Micheline Horn and as Sur le Chemin de Vrai) and Survivre (date unknown).
Chimot's work in the last three decades of his life shows a sad falling-off from his pinnacle of activity and achievement in the 20s, though there are flashes of grace and brilliance.
In the 1926 issue of L’Ami du Lettré (quoted by J.-L. Bernard: III), Chimot wrote, "J’ai choisi la femme comme sujet préféré, puis unique de mon oeuvre.
Chimot had fallen in love with Spain while researching the illustrations for his edition of La Femme et le Pantin by Pierre Louÿs in 1928.