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Erté
Born Romain de Tirtoff (1892–1990) in St. Petersburg, Russia, to an aristocratic family, the artist known as Erté — a pseudonym derived from the French pronunciation of his initials — was a Renaissance man of the art and design world. He worked in graphic arts, interior design, fashion, jewelry and set design for the stage and silver screen, becoming a leader of the Art Deco style.
Moving to Paris in 1912, Erté worked as a fashion designer under couturier Paul Poiret before securing a job with Harper’s Bazaar as a cover artist. Over 22 years, Erté created more than 240 magazine covers alongside his ongoing work in fashion design. Extending his prolific career into theater sets, costumes, prints and lithographs, he became one of the most famous artists of the era. Erté’s style — a combination of the nature-inspired flourishes of Art Nouveau and bold, geometric linework — directly contributed to the birth of Art Deco, earning him the nickname “the Father of Art Deco.”
After a lull of creative production in the 1940s and 1950s, Erté reentered the public eye in the 1960s, when a renewed interest in Art Deco had taken shape. Creating colorful lithographs, bold serigraphs (silk-screen prints) and bronze sculptures, he contributed to a resurgence of the style in France and beyond. This late-life acclaim for his art led to exhibitions in museums and galleries all over the world as well as his first published monograph in 1970. That same year he was awarded the title of Chevalier du Mérite Artistique et Cultural and in 1976 was named Officier des Arts et Lettres by the French government. Today, Erté’s works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and LACMA in Los Angeles..
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- Phi-Phi, rideau - Phidias - Premier acte fait pour les Bouffes-ParisiensBy ErtéLocated in Chatsworth, CAThis piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Erte was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jew...Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- Erté, "Costume pour le Raspoutine, " unique gouache, hand signedBy ErtéLocated in Chatsworth, CAThis piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. It was created in 1957 as a costume design for a cabaret show and is from the private coll...Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- Erté, Raspoutine, troisieme mannequin, unique gouache, hand signedBy ErtéLocated in Chatsworth, CAA unique, original gouache on paper by cabaret costume designer, Erté, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Created in 1959 for the cabaret show, Folies Pigalle. From the private collect...Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- Erté, Paysan Garçon, unique gouache, hand signedBy ErtéLocated in Chatsworth, CAA unique, original gouache on paper by Erté, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Erté was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jewelry, graphic ...Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- Érte, "Les chatters, deuxieme version", unique gouache, hand signedBy ErtéLocated in Chatsworth, CAA unique, original gouache on paper by Érte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Érte was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jewelry, graphic ...Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- Moises Finale, "Encuentro", unique paintingBy Moises FinaleLocated in Chatsworth, CAThis piece is an unique oil painting on canvas created by Moises Finale in 1993. Moises Finale is a Cuban artist born in 1957 who currently lives and exhibits his art in Paris, Franc...Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil
- MADELEINE (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)By ErtéLocated in Aventura, FLUnique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
$2,962 Sale Price25% Off - Arabian Nights - Guard and Sitting King - Islamic Golden Age - Gustaf TenggrenBy Gustaf TenggrenLocated in Miami, FLOne Thousand and One Nights - It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights. What is notable about this work is how magnificently composed, designed, and rendered it is. Its l...Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- LA PRINCESSE LOINTAINE: LES FEMMES DE MILISSINDEBy ErtéLocated in Aventura, FLOriginal on Gouache on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled, dated with dedication on verso. Stamped "Composition originale". Frame size 30.5 x 26.5 inches. Artwork is in e...Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- BEYLA (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)By ErtéLocated in Aventura, FLUnique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
$2,962 Sale Price25% Off - Troisemmè Dame, 1919By ErtéLocated in Greenwich, CTTroisemmè Dame from 1919 is a gouache painting on paper, 12 x 9.5 inches, framed in a custom, closed-corner, Art Deco frame to 20.25 x 18 inches. Signed recto 'Erté' mid lower right ...Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
MaterialsGouache, Paper
- Le Roi Yvetot, 1919 (no. 227)By ErtéLocated in Greenwich, CTLe Roi Yvetot (no. 227) from 1919 is a gouache painting on tissue paper mounted on board. The image size is 9.25 x 6 inches, framed in a gold-tone frame, 22.5 x 19 inches. Signed recto 'Erté' lower right, in the image and annotated verso, 'Les Rois des Lègendes, No 8, Le Roi Yvetot 227'. Erte name and 'Composition originale' stamps verso. Le Roi Yvetot is a design by Erte for the 1919 theater production of Les Rois des Lègendes. The King of Yvetot William Makepeace Thackeray: 1811 –1863 There was a king of Yvetot, Of whom renown hath little said, Who let all thoughts of glory go, And dawdled half his days a-bed; And every night, as night came round, By Jenny, with a nightcap crowned, Slept very sound: Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! That's the kind of king for me. And every day it came to pass, That four lusty meals made he; And, step by step, upon an ass, Rode abroad, his realms to see; And wherever he did stir, What think you was his escort, sir? Why, an old cur. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! If e'er he went into excess, 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst; But he who would his subjects bless, Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first; And sofrom every cask they got, Our king did to himself allot, At least a pot. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! To all the ladies of the land, A courteous king, and kind, was he; The reason why you'll understand, They named him Pater Patriae. Each year he called his fighting men, And marched a...Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
MaterialsGouache, Paper