Marcel Vertès Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Season's Greetings 1 is a greeting card featuring an original drawing by the illustrator and artist Marcel Vertès. Vertès defies the usual holiday expectations with his whimsical int...

Season's Greetings # 1 is a greeting card featuring an original drawing by the illustrator and artist Marcel Vertès. The work displays Vertès' signature at the bottom right. The work is based on wax crayons, and ink for the delicate black outlines and composition of the primary character and secondary figures. Season's Greetings is a greeting card featuring an original drawing by the illustrator and artist Marcel Vertès. The work is presented unfolded. The work is based on wax crayons, and ink for the delicate black outlines and details of the six elves. Legend has it that Christmas elves...

Here for your consideration is a very well executed oil pastel on archival paper by the well known French artist, Marcel Vertes. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Circa 1930. The artwork was done early in the artist’s career; most likely in Paris during his time studying at the Academie Julian. The artwork is housed in its original frame under glass. The ornate gold frame has been recently restored and is in good condition. Overall framed measurements are 31.5 by 26.5 inches. Provenance: A Pennsylvania estate. Marcel Vertès (born Marcell Vértes), was born on August 10, 1895 in Budapest, Hungary. His first commercially successful works of art were sketches of corpses, criminals and prostitutes he did for a sensationalist magazine in Budapest. He then did illustrations for many of the clandestinely printed publications opposing the Hapsburg monarchy at the end of WWI. After the war he moved from his native Hungary to Vienna, Austria and then to Paris, where he was a student at the Academy Julian, living and working in the famous Latin Quarter. Vertes quickly established himself as a regular in the Paris art scene and his work became lighter and more lyrical. In Paris he concentrated on illustration, painting and printmaking, especially lithography. In 1935 he made his first trip to New York to make contacts. Two years later he had his first one-man show in New York. At the end of WWII he returned to New York with his wife, escaping the Nazi invasion of Paris by two days. He then began to divide his time between New York and Paris. Ten years later, he returned to his beloved Paris and spent the remaining years of his life there. While in the United States he became a consultant to the Producers and Set Designers of the 1952 Award Winning film Moulin Rouge, about the life and times of artist Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). He won two Academy Awards for ‘Best Art Direction’ and ‘Best Costume Design’. Interestingly, Marcel Vertès originally earned his tuition money for his European education by making forgeries of Lautrec's works. As such, his expertise was exhibited in the film when his hand is used as the hand of Toulouse Lautrec as he drew, and his images were accordingly used in the film and given appropriate credit in the trailer to the film. Vertes also appeared in the British production credits as Color Production Designer, and Costume Designer for the film, with Schiaparalli (the same of Paris, and Italy). They both jointly won the British Academy Film award in 1952 for Best Costume Design for Moulin Rouge. Vertès is also responsible for the original murals in the Café Carlyle in the Carlyle Hotel in New York City and for those in the Peacock Alley...

Figure of Man is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Marcel Vertès. The artwork is in good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (45x35 cm). Hend-signed by the ar...

"Figures Studies" is an original China ink drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Marcel Vertès, most probably in 1930s. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Sheet dimension: 21 ...

Erotic Drawing n. 17 is an original black China ink drawing on "British" ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed "Vertés" in black China ink on the lower righ...

Erotic Look is a superb original black China ink drawing on "British" ivory-colored paper. Unsigned, this is by all odds a Marcel Vertés's artwork with his unmistakable fluid line....

Cherry Dancer Marcel Vertes French, 1895-1961 Beautiful girl juggling cherries Work is round but is shown in a square frame and some of the artworks edge is exposed Description: ...

Girl with Grapes, Charming stylized post-impressionist work by the Hungarian French costume designer and illustrator . Most likely done for a high fash...

Cherry Dancer Marcel Vertes French, 1895-1961 Beautiful girl juggling cherries is a beautiful and charming idea that is deftly rendered in a quick and loose style. Work is round De...