Art Deco Fashion Illustration

[lotusgreen]

thanks.... and, uh--thanks!!!

 

[IcePrincess]

What an interesting story. I like her drawing as well.

Here is an art deco illustrator who appears to have had a very interesting life:

From Wikipedia.org

Gerda Wegener (1886 - 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter.
Originally from the provinces, she moved to Copenhagen to pursue her education at the Royal Art Academy, and married fellow artist Einar Wegener (1882-1931) in 1904. After moving to Paris in 1912, she found much success both as a painter and illustrating for Vogue, La Vie Parisienne, Fantasio, and many other magazines. As she found fame in Paris, Gerda also developed a following in her home country. She held exhibitions at Ole Haslunds gallery in Copenhagen at regular intervals. Her career relied on a phenomenal talent but perhaps even more so on her notorious diligence, and the advantages her unusual marriage brought her.

Einar Wegener, who by many at the time was considered a more talented artist, toned down his own work and profile to help his wife in her artistic endeavors. In a female guise, "Lili", he became Gerda's favorite model. Einar Wegener eventually came out as a transsexual woman, and had the first publicly known sex change operation in the world, in 1930, taking the name Lili Elbe. Gerda Wegener supported Lili throughout her transition. The king of Denmark declared the marriage between Lili and Gerda null and void in October 1930.

In 1931, she remarried to Fernando Porta (1896-), an Italian officer, and moved with him to Morocco, where she tried in vain to hold on to her career. She eventually divorced Porta in 1936 and returned to Denmark in 1938. She held her last exhibition in 1939, but by this time she was largely out of fashion. She died in July 1940.

Here is one of her works, also from ebay.com

 

[Barbizon]

George Barbier:

"L'oiseau volage"

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"La danse"

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"Rouge et Or"

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Source:http://artophile.com/dynamic/Artists/BarbierGeorge_ArtDecoandPochoir.htm

 

[Barbizon]

ERTÉ

"Symphony in Black"

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"Gown Orientale"

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"Pearls"

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Source: http://www.erte.com/

 

[lotusgreen]

so gorgeous--thank you

 

[Barbizon]

George Barbier:

artophile

 

[FairyTears]

Very inspiring ! Love the ark work !!

 

[Aleksa]

source: flickr

source: photobucket
all of this stuff is so cool- i plan on getting an erte tattoo someday

 

[snowqueen]

im just posting this to subscribe to the post so i dont loose it .. these prints are great might use some for my art history project

 

[blackangel41999]

Some pics from Dossier Art - Art Déco
Robert Bonfils, Tamara de Lempicka, Umberto Brunelleschi,
Georges Lepape, Fortunato Depero, Jean Dupas, Franz Hagenauer, Franz Haegele.



Scanned by me
Copyright 2004 Giunti Editore S.p.A

 

[Little Star]

I have a lot of art deco pictures from a 1920s French magazine called La Gazette du Bon Ton....where should I upload large files so I can share them??

 

[SomethingElse]

^ You can use tinypic.com or photobucket.com, Little Star.

Anonymous art deco watercolor dress designs.

printiques.co.uk

 

[thwick]

love this thread!

 

[haute femme]

one of my favorite art styles