(b Paris, 1 Feb 1874; d Villejuif, nr Paris, 16 Dec 1907). French painter and printmaker. The son of an Italian hairdresser, Bottini always lived in the Montmartre area of Paris except for two years’ military service (1895–7). He favoured the English fashions, bars and language (as in the titles of his pictures and the spelling of his first name). Apprenticed with Annibale Gatti (1828–1909) from 1889 to 1891, he studied at Fernand Cormon’s studio and first showed at Edouard Kleinmann’s gallery in 1894. From 1897 he showed large oil paintings at the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He collaborated on woodcuts with Harry van der Zee from 1896 in compositions influenced by Japanese prints, for example Arrival at the Masked Ball (1897; Paris, Bib. N., Cab. Est.). His woodcuts, lithographs and etchings sold quickly after publication by Edmond D. Sagot. Bottini illustrated for Le Rire in 1897, made several posters and from 1902 to 1904 did illustrations for books by Gustave Coquiot and Jean Lorrain. His short career ended in an asylum where he died from syphilis, which he had contracted at the age of 15.