points of light ([info]evenloversdrown) wrote in [info]theflappers,
2009-01-09 20:29:00

Portrait, 1924

The Russian-born painter Romain de Tirtoff, who called himself Erté after the French pronunciation of his initials, was one of the foremost fashion and stage designers of the early twentieth century. From the sensational silver lamé costume, complete with pearl wings and ebony-plumed cap, that he wore to a ball in 1914, to his magical and elegant designs for the Broadway musical Stardust in 1988, Erté pursued his chosen career with unflagging zest and creativity for almost 80 years. On his death in 1990, he was hailed as the "prince of the music hall" and "a mirror of fashion for 75 years".



Velvet and ermine gown worn by Aileen Pringle in The Mystic, 1929



Ann Pennington, 1925 and costume created for her by Erte, 1927



Mistinguett in Marvels of the Orient, 1917



Improvised Cage, costume for the Greenwich Village Follies 1922



Charleston, costume for George White's Scandals, 1925



Costume, A Slow Movement, 1918



Precious Stone, George White's Scandals, 1928



Carrot, Vegetable Ballet, George White's Scandals, 1926



Erte, The Whip



Erte Ballet



Mother of Pearl, The Treasures of Indochina, 1922



Curtain, The Treasures of Indochina, 1922



The Guadalquivir, costume for The Rivers, 1923

I scanned these images.  You can see much more of his artwork at this lovely website: http://www.erte.com/

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[info]liintu

January 10 2009, 02:19:03 UTC 3 years ago

I just bought a lovely Erté calender, I never even knew he existed and then saw it and just had to have it :)

[info]lulu_is_dead

January 10 2009, 03:04:55 UTC 3 years ago

*swoon* My checks are Erté and I have a set of 7 Erté paper dolls with the most beautiful clothes, I swear. *swoon swoon swoon*

[info]evenloversdrown

January 10 2009, 03:20:00 UTC 3 years ago

Oh, that's awesome! Where did you find the paperdolls??

[info]lulu_is_dead

January 10 2009, 09:00:22 UTC 3 years ago

I think I got them at Barnes and Noble several years ago...I found them here: http://yesteryearsgoodies.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=3000212

I'm such a dork...I made photocopies of some of the dolls and taped them to the sides of these goth knee-high boots I had. Good look for a sixteen year old, hahaha.

[info]evenloversdrown

January 10 2009, 16:29:14 UTC 3 years ago

Haha that's adorable:) The paperdoll book looks great. Thank you for the link! Dover publishes some really unusual art books.

[info]emtgirl65

January 30 2009, 01:32:53 UTC 3 years ago

Art Deco fashion paper dolls book

I see someone reccomeneded Dover books to you, they know what they are talking about.

I saw a deco paper doll book on the Dover publications website, this very morning, as a matter of fact.

[info]evenloversdrown

January 30 2009, 17:17:53 UTC 3 years ago

Re: Art Deco fashion paper dolls book

They have such great books!

[info]clairdelune

January 10 2009, 03:40:42 UTC 3 years ago

what company did you order your checks from? I have been looking for them forever after a customer at the store I worked at paid with one about a year ago. I squealed when I saw it-funny thing, the customer had no idea who Erte was... She thought she had ordered them from ChecksInTheMail, but I never found them on their website.

[info]lulu_is_dead

January 10 2009, 09:00:55 UTC 3 years ago

I got them through Bank of America...I'm not sure where exactly you can find them.

[info]livejournal

March 31 2012, 01:51:01 UTC 2 months ago

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