Art Deco jewelry : New jewels for a freer fashion
Women’s fashion deeply changed with the First World War (1914-1918). With the physical work made by the women in the place of men during the war, the corset was not worn. The hemlines and the sleeves began shorter and the women had short haircuts. In the 1920s, Fashion designers created clothes with light fabrics. Women…
Art Deco in Paris : Buildings
Sources : https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/visite-privee/le-palais-de-chaillot-symbole-de-l-art-deco_1753799.amp, https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.pariszigzag.fr/secret/lieux-insolites/lincroyable-eglise-art-deco-du-20eme-arrondissement/amp, https://www.palais-portedoree.fr/fr/le-bas-relief-de-la-facade-du-palais-de-la-porte-doree and https://paris-promeneurs.com/le-ministere-des-affaires-sociales/
The Art Deco actress Jean Arthur
Portrait of the American actress Jean Arthur by Eugene Robert Richee (1929) and my Art Deco inspired patterns based on my photo of a pole in a Leipzig’s passage. Jean Arthur is my favourite actress with Natalie Wood. My favourite movies of her are “You can’t take it with you”, “Mr Deeds goes to town“, “The more…
The dazzling Norma Shearer
Photo of Norma Shearer (George Hurrell?), Ilgiz Fazulzyanov earrings and photo made with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin. George Hurrell was the most famous Old Hollywood photographer. His photos of the most popular movie stars were glamour and superb. George Hurrell shot several times the actress Norma Shearer.
Portrait of a woman in the 1920s
Boucheron earrrings and necklace, face i created with photoshop (geometric shapes), mouth inspired by Benito, Egyptian eyes, 1920s Inspired accessories and mother of pearl texture for the skin. This set is influenced by Eduardo Garcìa Benito, the cubist artist Franz Hagenauer and Egytian art (eyes).
An Art Deco table
IKEA’s candles, transparent vase, gold towel rails and artificial renoncule flowers. Maison du monde’s Art Deco plates and coffee cups.
Beauté intemporelle
Vogue cover by the Art Deco illustrator Georges Lepape (Vogue September 1926) and Janis kerman’s brooch and earrings.
The Art Deco illustrator Coles Philipps
Coles Phillips (1880-1927) was an American and Art Deco illustrator who worked from World War I to the late 1920s. He was a pioneer : he introduced for the first time the Art Deco style into adversitings and fashion magazines. He illustrated for famous magazines like Good Housekeeping, Colliers, Life and Saturday Evening Post. His…
The illustrator Matou en peluche
“Matou en peluche” (“Stuffed tomcat” in French) is a talented illustrator based in Australia. His drawings are graceful and inspired by Art Deco (1920s, 1930s). Among his favourite subjects, there are portraits of women with an Art Deco style and cats. The famous Art Deco illustrator George Barbier is a reference to him. Besides, he…
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…
