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Painter, illustrator, decorator, and tastemaker Christian Bérard was a central figure in the creative heart of Paris when art and fashion in the city mingled at their apex.
Christian Bérard (1902-1949) was a multidisciplinary artist whose talents can't be associated with a single school or style; his work sheds irreducible light onto his era, which continues to captivate today. Bérard painted ethereal figures and sublimated his high-fashion illustrations with a sharp and witty hand. He lived passionately and sought out enchantment in all forms--from high society to city life, fashion to theater, and stage-set design to interiors. He lived with the Russian poet, dancer, and librettist Boris Kochno, collaborated with creative powerhouses such as Jean-Michel Frank, Christian Dior, George Balanchine, and Elsa Schiaparelli, and designed rugs by Cogolin for Nelson Rockefeller.
Drawn to theater and inspired by the classical world, he worked with Louis Jouvet and Jean Cocteau, creating the production design and costumes for Cocteau's masterpiece Beauty and the Beast. A regular at café society events, he contributed to and designed covers for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
This book, illustrated primarily with works from private collections, celebrates Bérard's vision--oscillating between seriousness and light, melancholy and joie de vivre, nostalgia and revival--that forever inspires collectors and aesthetes.
Christian Bérard (1902-1949) was a multidisciplinary artist whose talents can't be associated with a single school or style; his work sheds irreducible light onto his era, which continues to captivate today. Bérard painted ethereal figures and sublimated his high-fashion illustrations with a sharp and witty hand. He lived passionately and sought out enchantment in all forms--from high society to city life, fashion to theater, and stage-set design to interiors. He lived with the Russian poet, dancer, and librettist Boris Kochno, collaborated with creative powerhouses such as Jean-Michel Frank, Christian Dior, George Balanchine, and Elsa Schiaparelli, and designed rugs by Cogolin for Nelson Rockefeller.
Drawn to theater and inspired by the classical world, he worked with Louis Jouvet and Jean Cocteau, creating the production design and costumes for Cocteau's masterpiece Beauty and the Beast. A regular at café society events, he contributed to and designed covers for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
This book, illustrated primarily with works from private collections, celebrates Bérard's vision--oscillating between seriousness and light, melancholy and joie de vivre, nostalgia and revival--that forever inspires collectors and aesthetes.
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Pierre Passebon owns the world-class art and antiques Galerie du Passage in Paris. He is director of the Obsession book series, which includes Obsession: Marlene Dietrich. Laurence Benaïm wrote a biography of Yves Saint Laurent, Fashion and Versailles, Lancel: Parisian Maison since 1876, and several books on Dior. She has contributed to Vogue, Marie Claire, Le Monde, and Le Figaro.
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- PublisherFlammarion
- Publication date2022
- ISBN 10 2080204033
- ISBN 13 9782080204035
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages280
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Christian Berard worked freely in many artistic circles and fields, as a painter, designer of theater and film sets and costumes, fashion designer, interior designer, masterful draftsman, and colorist. His iconic drawings epitomized the Paris fashion world and graced the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Women's Wear Daily in the 1920s and 1930s. Tracing his eccentric and colorful life of encounters and artistic partnerships with the greatest creatives of his time-Jean-Michel Frank, Christian Dior, Gabrielle Chanel, Jean Cocteau, Boris Kochno-this book positions Berard in his rightful place in the center of Parisian art world in the 1930s and 1940s. The monograph includes more than two hundred of his paintings, drawings, photographs, intimate correspondence, and interior decorations, along with portraits of Berard by Cartier Bresson, Horst, and Schall. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9782080204035
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