René Gruau - Fashion Illustrator

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i'd LOVE for a photographer to recreate that feeling, with photoshop and the like it can't be THAT hard.

 

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precious work and epoque

 

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Capeline Noire
1986
Ink, gouache and water colour
51 x 40 cm

Cover for International Textiles No. 321, 1959 – IX
1959
Ink and gouache on paper
38 x 27 cm

Cover for International Textiles No. 335, 1960 – X
1960
Gouache and ink on paper
41 x 30.5 cm (37 x 29 cm)

Cover for International Textiles No. 341/2, 1961 – IX
1961
Ink, felt tip pen and gouache on paper
40 x 30 cm (40 x 29 cm)

Cover for International Textiles No. 345, 1961 – VII
1961
Ink and gouache on paper mounted on board
43 x 30.5 cm

Cover for International Textiles No. 377, 1964 – I
1964
Gouache and ink on paper
38 x 27 cm

Cover for International Textiles No. 436, 1968 – VII
1968
Watercolour and gouache on paper
44 x 34 cm (38 x 30 cm)

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Text by Frieda Grafe, Interview with Gruau by Joelle Chariau, Foreward by Hubert de Givenchy
Rizzoli 1984
Featuring some of Gruau’s most memorable works made for amongst others, Dior, Flair, International Textiles and L’Officiel.

Flair
featuring work by Gruau and Searle
Jan 1951
Cover incorporating page 1 by Gruau and four page story p.50-53. Also illustrations by Ronald Searle p.34-35.

Vogue Paris
featuring work by René Gruau
Jun/Jul 1985
Cover by Gruau who also guest edited this special edition. Magazine features one single Gruau illustration as a double page spread p.346-347.

French Elle
featuring work by René Gruau
Apr 2nd 1946
Gruau cover illustration and two page editorial p.12-13.

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