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Erté\'s Eye
Just thought I'd share these very colourful accessory illustrations taken from a 1960's magazine. They're by the famous Russian-born fashion illustrator, Erté, who had a career that spanned eight decades, starting with his first successful costume design at the age of five. :o
Erté's work was almost forgotten during the forties and fifties but he made a comeback during the sixties which is when the above illustrations were commissioned.
Erté's popularity soared again thanks to a meeting with London art dealer Eric Estorick in 1967. Impressed by the huge body of superb work in the artist's Paris studio, Estorick was determined to relaunch Erté's career. This effort was crowned with spectacular success in New York and London exhibitions of gouache paintings and drawings.
Please follow this link to find out more about Erté and his fabulous career -
http://www.erte.com/default-old.htm.
Erté wasn't just an artist but an incredible draughtsman as can be seen from these earlier illustrations below.
Credit for the bottom two illustration sets go to:
titalus.com
serianni.com
boomrz.net
i302.photobucket.com/.../cupevampe00/erte.jpg
kissesncake.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/erte.jpg
Enjoy!
Just thought I'd share these very colourful accessory illustrations taken from a 1960's magazine. They're by the famous Russian-born fashion illustrator, Erté, who had a career that spanned eight decades, starting with his first successful costume design at the age of five. :o
Erté's work was almost forgotten during the forties and fifties but he made a comeback during the sixties which is when the above illustrations were commissioned.
Erté's popularity soared again thanks to a meeting with London art dealer Eric Estorick in 1967. Impressed by the huge body of superb work in the artist's Paris studio, Estorick was determined to relaunch Erté's career. This effort was crowned with spectacular success in New York and London exhibitions of gouache paintings and drawings.
Please follow this link to find out more about Erté and his fabulous career -
http://www.erte.com/default-old.htm.
Erté wasn't just an artist but an incredible draughtsman as can be seen from these earlier illustrations below.
Credit for the bottom two illustration sets go to:
titalus.com
serianni.com
boomrz.net
i302.photobucket.com/.../cupevampe00/erte.jpg
kissesncake.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/erte.jpg
Enjoy!
The bright colours in the 60's magazine are so eye-catching.
That's incredible! I can really see how that illustration made you think of this Kimono. Thanks so much for posting a photo. It's wonderful. 
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