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Charles Gesmar Art

French, 1900-1928

Charles Gesmar (born Geismar), known as Gesmar, was one of the designers of costumes and posters during the golden age of the Paris music hall during the Jazz Age and was primarily renowned for his work for the Parisian star Mistinguett. Although his tenure was short, his output was prolific, and his creativity and talent unrivaled at the time. Gesmar’s costumes and graphics caused as much excitement at the time, as shown a few years earlier by the elegance of Leon Bakst’s Ballets Russes. The seductive and sophisticated elegance of his art influenced generations of graphic designers, and he was indisputably a bridge linking the works by other two great artists who worked for the Moulin Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and René Gruau. Gesmar allegedly died of pneumonia in February 1928, before his 28th birthday.

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Artist: Charles Gesmar
Theater Design For Mistinguette
By Charles Gesmar
Located in New York, NY
Charles Gesmar French Poster Artist and Costume Designer Costume design in the form of a Rose for the entertainer Mistinguette. Perhaps for her production at the in Moulin Rouge i...
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1920s Art Deco Charles Gesmar Art

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Watercolor

Original Art deco gouache and ink drawing of Jane Marnac in a hat by Gesmar 1921
By Charles Gesmar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Charles Gesmar (French, 1900 - 1928) Portrait of Jane Marnac, 1921 Gouache and ink on paper with some watercolour Signed ‘C. Gesmar. 21’ (upper left) 18 x 18 in. (45.8 x 45.8 cm.) Gesmar had a very short but successful artistic career prior to his tragic death from pneumonia. He designed for Mistinguett, creating costumes as well as many other commissions for the theatres of the day in Paris. He worked with posters and is thought of as a talent equal to Leon Bakst, his graphic designs linking the works of Toulouse Lautrec and Rene Grau...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Charles Gesmar Art

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

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