ErtéLa Violette1958
1958
About the Item
- Creator:Erté (1892 - 1990, Russian)
- Creation Year:1958
- Dimensions:Height: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Depth: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)
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- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
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Erté
Born Romain de Tirtoff (1892–1990) in St. Petersburg, Russia, to an aristocratic family, the artist known as Erté — a pseudonym derived from the French pronunciation of his initials — was a Renaissance man of the art and design world. He worked in graphic arts, interior design, fashion, jewelry and set design for the stage and silver screen, becoming a leader of the Art Deco style.
Moving to Paris in 1912, Erté worked as a fashion designer under couturier Paul Poiret before securing a job with Harper’s Bazaar as a cover artist. Over 22 years, Erté created more than 240 magazine covers alongside his ongoing work in fashion design. Extending his prolific career into theater sets, costumes, prints and lithographs, he became one of the most famous artists of the era. Erté’s style — a combination of the nature-inspired flourishes of Art Nouveau and bold, geometric linework — directly contributed to the birth of Art Deco, earning him the nickname “the Father of Art Deco.”
After a lull of creative production in the 1940s and 1950s, Erté reentered the public eye in the 1960s, when a renewed interest in Art Deco had taken shape. Creating colorful lithographs, bold serigraphs (silk-screen prints) and bronze sculptures, he contributed to a resurgence of the style in France and beyond. This late-life acclaim for his art led to exhibitions in museums and galleries all over the world as well as his first published monograph in 1970. That same year he was awarded the title of Chevalier du Mérite Artistique et Cultural and in 1976 was named Officier des Arts et Lettres by the French government. Today, Erté’s works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and LACMA in Los Angeles..
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- SylviaBy ErtéLocated in San Francisco, CAArtist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990) Title: Sylvia Year: Circa 1935 Medium: Gouache on paper Paper size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches Signature: Signed lower rig...Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- JacquetteBy ErtéLocated in San Francisco, CAArtist: Erte (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian, 1892-1990) Title: Jaquette Year: Circa 1935 Medium: Gouache on paper Paper size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches Signature: Signed lower ri...Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- ThereseBy ErtéLocated in San Francisco, CAArtist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990) Title: Therese Year: Circa 1935 Medium: Gouache on paper Paper size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches Signature: Signed lower right ...Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- La MargueriteBy ErtéLocated in San Francisco, CAThis artwork is an original gouache on Canson Mongolfier paper titled "La Marguerite," by Russian/French Artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is...Category
1950s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- Madame De ChateaubedeauBy ErtéLocated in San Francisco, CAThis artwork, titled "Madame De Chateaubedeau," circa 1935, is an original gouache by Russian/French artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff 1892-1990. It is hand sig...Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- Raspoutine, Costume d'HiverBy ErtéLocated in San Francisco, CAThis artwork, titled "Raspoutine, Costume d'Hiver," is an original gouache on Canson Montgolfier paper by Russian/French artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is hand signed ...Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- Art Deco, L'ombre d'une jeune fille en fleur, Elegant French Woman with MonkeyBy Jean-Gabriel DomergueLocated in Miami, FLPerhaps a study or a preliminary work for for "L'ombre d'une jeune fille en fleur", Lot 46 - Christie's, New York (February 14, 2007) Private Collection, Miami Gouache and pencil...Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- Art Deco gouache original artwork 1937 Municipal Art School Coventry HammondBy Hammond (artist)Located in London, GBHammond (British, fl. 1920s) Original artwork for brochure for Municipal Art School, Ford St, Coventry, England UK 21.5x14 cm Gouache, c. 1937 Sadly nothing is known of the life of ...Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- SAFE HARBOUR, 20th Century Art Deco GouacheBy Joan Fairfax Whiteside ARRC FMAALocated in London, GBJ Fairfax Whiteside ARRC FMAA 1904 - 2001 SAFE HARBOUR Gouache, signed Image size: 29 x 19 inches FramedCategory
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- Colman's Starch, Art Deco Early 20th Century Gouache Poster AdvertisementBy Arthur H. TranterLocated in London, GBArthur H. Tranter Fl. 1920-1940 Colman's Starch Gouache Image size: 23 x 15 inches Art Deco frame Arthur Henry Tranter was an accomplished artist, illustrator and sculptor from Birm...Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGouache
- Deco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative DanceBy Hugó ScheiberLocated in New York, NYDeco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative Dance. 22 1/2 x 16 inches. Signed lower left. Framed. BIO Hugó Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from Budapest to Vienna. In 1898, to help support his family after they had returned to Budapest. He started working during the day, attending painting classes at the Commercial Art School in the evening. In 1900, he completed his studies. Scheiber showed an early interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. In 1915 he met Marinetti, who invited him to join the Futurist movement. Because Scheiber's paintings conflicted with academic style of the Hungarian art establishment, his work was virtually ignored in his own country. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádár held an exhibition organized by Hévesy in Vienna, which was a great success, so much so that the Budapest Art Museum purchased two of his drawings. In 1920, Scheiber returned to Vienna. A turning point in his career came in 1921 when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm...Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Gouache
- Art deco mixed media on paper - Panther in a forest of bamboos by Gaston SuisseLocated in Carouge GE, GEPanthère dans les bambous, 1926 Gouache, or et traits de crayon sur papier Signé et daté en bas à droite 15 x 15 cm (sujet) Panther in the bamboos, 1926 Gouache, pencil and gold on paper Signed and dated to the lower right Provenance Collection particulière, France - Private collection, France Bibliographie/Literature : Emmanuel Bréon "Gaston Suisse, splendeur du laque art déco", Somogy Editions d'art, Paris 2013, oeuvre décrite et reproduite page 104. (l’oeuvre décrite et reproduite est la lithographie tirée d'après l’oeuvre originale que nous présentons.) Nous présentons ici l'oeuvre originale à la gouache, or et crayon de la panthère noire. L’artiste en réalisa une gravure sur bois dont il tira lui-même une vingtaine d’épreuve. Ces épreuves ne furent pas commercialisées telles quelles, Gaston Suisse reprit chacune des épreuves en utilisant des lavis d’encre de Chine et des ors de différentes couleurs, afin d’obtenir des effets différents pour chaque épreuve, qui sont donc des œuvres originales uniques. We present here the original work in gouache, gold and pencil of the black panther. From this original, the artist made a wood engraving of which he made about twenty prints himself. These proofs were not marketed as they were, Gaston Suisse reworked each of the proofs using Indian ink washes and golds of different colors, in order to obtain different effects for each proof, which are thus unique original works. Born in 1896 in a family of artists, his father Georges was a close friend of Siegfried Bing and a great lover of Japanese art and a bibliophile. He passed his taste for art to his son whom he often took to draw at the Botanic Garden . Around 1910, Gaston Suisse, who hasn't entered yet the artistic school, met Paul Jouve, then 18 years his elder, who was already famous. In 1911, at the age of 17, he entered the National School of Decorative Art where he followed the teachings of Paul Renouard. Thanks to his knowledge and taste for the Japanese art, he chose lacquer painting as his specialty. His practice of this noble and demanding subject were so much appreciated that he was awarded with two gold medals in 1913 and 1914. Mobilized during the war , he joined the army and go in Salonika where he found his friend Jouve. In 1918, he finished his studies at the School of Applied Arts in order to perfect his training. He learned in particular the techniques of gilding and oxidation of metals. The first productions of Gaston Suisse, furniture and objects in lacquer with geometrical patterns, were an instant success and Suisse was appointed as member of Salon d'Automne in 1924, the very year of his first exhibition. Considered as an artist-decorator, his sincere and deep friendship with Jouve linked him in parallel with the groups of the animaliers of the Jardin des Plantes and became a close friend of Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. When travelling to Maghreb and Middle-East between 1923 and 1925, he produced numerous drawings representing antelopes, apes and fennec foxes...Category
1920s Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsGold