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Erté

An inventive early offering by the noted industrial designer Paul Ritter MacAlister, who went on to be an interior designer especially noted for his mass-produced “Plan-a-Room” kit with scale furniture and room layouts that could be used to plan and organize home spaces for consumers. This is a very well executed work it is done in the style of Erte essentially and features an art deco nude goddess of the darkness cowering under the bright sunshine radiating from the corner of the canvas – superimposed with a pipe smoking skeleton in a trompe l’oeil “trick of the eye” manner.

Spain, 1929

Artist: Paul MacAlister

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, chicago, Erté, industrial age, macabre, nude, Paul MacAlister, spanish
Added to Gallery: May 15, 2017

“My art, which is my life, is the only language through which I speak with the world.” -Erté Through his work, Erté has become synonymous with timeless decadence and a bold avant garde modernist aesthetic. His creation embody, and for many people define Art Deco. Today, though, most people are familiar with his work only through photographs, fine […]

Erté’s Long Reach

Filed Under: Gallery Blog
Tagged With: art deco, Erté, fashion, jazz age, roaring 20s
Added to Gallery: April 13, 2015

One of the earliest existing examples of Erté’s Art Deco cover illustrations for Harper’s Bazar, this gouache painting appeared in November 1918 under the title Les Bulles de Savon.  The image showcases two chic Parisian ladies, icons of the new modernist turn, blowing bubbles in which are seen a parade of Edwardian and Art Nouveau fashions. A whimsical yet […]

Les Bulles de Savon

Artist: Erté

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, art deco, Erté, flapper, Harper's Bazaar, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, risque, russian, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: February 28, 2015

Erté, often called the father of Art Deco, described the style as “the confluence of Cubism and Art Nouveau.” Nowhere is that combination more clearly seen than in this gouache on board illustration painting, which appeared as the October 1923 “Annual Fall Fashion” cover of Harper’s Bazar.  In “Les Parfums” a dramatic figure, costumed in an […]

Les Parfums

Artist: Erte

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, Erté, Golden Age, Harper's Bazaar, jazz age, magazine cover, russian, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: February 28, 2015

This important original gouache painting by Erté, the father of Art Deco, was created as a cover illustration for Harper’s Bazaar and was published in December 1932. Erté had a more than twenty year association with the magazine, and during that period created upwards of two hundred covers for the title, defining their sophisticated take on fashion and high […]

La Fiancée

Artist: Erté

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, Erté, flapper, jazz age, magazine cover, Original Cover, russian
Added to Gallery: February 28, 2015

 

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