Andre Delfau
Untitled (Kneeling Male Bather)
ca. 1950

Name: Untitled (Kneeling Male Bather)
Brand: Andre Delfau
Price: 760 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

A Mid-Century watercolor of a male bather kneeling on a beach in the Côte d' Azur by artist Andre Delfau. Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau became an internationally acclaimed stage, set and costume designer who worked world-wide from the 1930s to the 1980s. Delfau was a life long artist and painted independently of his noted design career. His artwork is recognized for it’s vibrant color and form, and a particularly keen use of line. He was highly influenced by the French Modern trends of Cubism and Surrealism, and his artwork is often infused with a dramatic sense of architecture and perspective. Delfau created fashion designs for such major Paris couture houses as Balmain, Jean Patou and Balenciaga. He completed noteworthy set designs and costumes for numerous international operatic and ballet productions, including those at the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Great Britain, the Paris Opera, the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Ruth Page International Ballet, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, the Chicago Opera Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Most notably, Delfau designed the elaborate stage sets and costumes for the 1986 PBS television production of the Viennese operetta, "Die Fledermaus". Delfau lived primarily in Paris and Chicago. He frequently traveled to Morocco. One of his favorite subjects to paint was the historic Jemaa el-Fna market in Marrakesh. Late in life, he married Chicago ballet impresario Ruth Page. Delfau died in Chicago in 2000. at the age of 86.

Creator:

Andre Delfau (1914 - 2000, French)

Creation Year:

ca. 1950

Dimensions:

Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)

More Editions & Sizes:

Matted to 16" x 20"Price: $950

Medium:

Watercolor

Movement & Style:

Modern