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Biography: Jean de Paleologue was born in 1860 in Romania. He initially worked in England as a poster designer and illustrator under the alias of "Julius Price". Between 1893 and 1900 he worked in Paris under the alias of "Jean de Paleologue" (using the signature of "PAL"), creating the posters for Folies Bergere, Alcazar d'Ete theatre, Clement Cycles, Liberator Cycles, and Sirius Cycles.
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Paleologue claimed that he was a direct descendant of Constantine XII Paleologus, the last Christian Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, although his actual name and history are unknown.
In 1900, de Paleologue accompanied Sarah Bernhardt to New York, where he worked as an illustrator, portrait painter, and billboard painter. He also eventually worked in the film industry, designing sets and animating cartoons. He died in 1942 in Miami, Florida.
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