The Art Deco fashion illustrator Georges Lepape
The French artist Georges Lepape (1887-1971) was a wellknown fashion illustrator. He graduated from the École des beaux arts in Paris (like André Édouard Marty and Georges Barbier). He illustrated Paul Poiret collections (“Les choses de Paul Poiret… vues par Georges Lepape”, 1911) but also Jeanne Lanvin creations. He collaborated with famous fashion magazines such…
The American vintage fashion photographer Rodney Smith
The New-York based fashion photographer Rodney Smith (1947-2016) is famous for his surrealist and poetic universe. He was often compared to the Belgian painter René Magritte. The photographer worked for famous fashion names like Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, W magazine and The New York Times magazine.
The Art Deco fashion illustrator George Wolfe Plank
George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American artist who collaborated with Vogue from 1911 to 1936 (fashion illustrations and covers). He also illustrated Vanity Fair covers. His Art Deco style drawings are ravishing and inspired.
The Art Deco fashion illustrator Helen Dryden
Helen Dryden (1887-1981) was an American artist who collaborated with Vogue during 13 years (1909-1922). She made fashion illustrations and covers for Vogue but also for Delineator and Studebaker. According to The New York Times, Helen Dryden was the most paid female artist in the 1920s and 1930s. Her drawings were graceful and delicate with…
Sparkling birds flying in the azur sky in an orange garden
The painting is in the Villa di Livia, in Roma.
Dreaming of a perfumed and singing garden
The floral paintings are from the Villa Di Livia in Roma, Italy. The yellow dress is a Alexander McQueen’s creation.
The vintage fashion photographer Philippe Pottier
Philippe Pottier (1905-1991) was a French fashion photographer. His photos were magnificent, graceful, lovely and elegant. He often photographed models wearing Christian Dior, Lanvin or Madame Grès.
The French Riviera in painting
The view of maritime pines, The blue of the sky and the sea, Fill my heart with joy. Sweet childhood memories ; Reminiscence of the past.
La grâce et la beauté personnifiées
“Beauty without grace is a spring without verdure” Mirabeau Paule Ka’s dress and a part of the Botticelli painting “Venus and the three Graces”. Sources : mon-poeme.fr and pinterest.com
A starry night
The sky is a part of the Vincent Van Gogh painting “Starry night over the Rhone” :
The Place Vendôme in Paris in photos
Place Vendôme is a luxury and jewelry symbol in Paris. The greatest jewelry designers are located there. This place was designed in 1699 by the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (the architect of the Chateau de Versailles). Place Vendôme is octogonal and symetric with an architectural unity. At the center, there is a column surmounted by a statue.…
The American painter Will Cotton
Will Cotton (born in 1965) is an American painter whose favourite subjects are sugar (candies, pastries…) and female nudes. Besides painting (oil on linen), he draws and sculpts. He creates surrealistic landscapes teeming with candies and pastries.
The vintage fashion House Maggy Rouff
Maggy Rouff (1896-1971) was a French couturier, nicknamed “the architect of sewing”. Gifted with a remarkable technique, she loved playing with asymmetry and innovative shapes. In 1929, she bought with her husband the couture house “Drecoll” and renamed it in “Maggy Rouff”. The couture house was located 136 avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. In 1937,…
The vintage fashion illustrator Marcel Vertès
Marcel Vertès (1895-1961) was a Hungarian/French illustrator, painter and printmaker. He illustrated covers for fashion magazine such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. He also illustrated ads for Schiaparelli perfumes and cosmetics. His illustrations are graceful, delicate and often decorated with flowers. Besides, he created prints for fashion brands.
The American vintage artist and illustrator Edna Crompton
Edna Crompton (1882-1952) was an American artist and illustrator from the “Golden Age of illustration“. She painted with oil on canvas, portraits of women. Mainly in the 1920s, her oil paintings were used as covers in American magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, Redbook magazine, The modern Priscilla and Metropolitan. Besides, she also created art calendars for…
The vintage Alsatian illustrator Hansi
Jean Jacques Waltz (1873-1951) alias Hansi was a French, Alsatian illustrator. He illustrated postcards, posters and books depicting Alsace : “L’Histoire d’Alsace racontée aux petits d’enfants” (1912), “Mon village” (1913), “Paradis tricolore” (1918) and “L’Alsace Heureuse” (1918). Complete artist, he made also earthenware, iron forged, signs… Besides, during the first World War, he was a…
A whirlwind of colours
I used the painting “Nataraja” realised by the British Op art artist Bridget Riley in 1993 :
