Alberto Fabio "Fabius" Lorenzi (1880 - 1969)
Set of five ink drawings on paper.
The originals for an advertisement or the illustration for a publication.
Two of the drawings are entitled "Le grain de beauté antimatrimonial" (17,5 x 24 cm), signed and "Le maillot fendu" (15,5 x 24 cm), also signed. The three remaining drawings’ measurements are 18 x 24 cm, 11,5 x 14,7 cm and 19,7 x 9,2 cm.
As the Australian Powerhouse Museum informs, Fabius was a "painter, book illustrator and advertising artist. In 1900 he left his native Florence for Paris to become a poster artist. Contributed to the French journals Fantasio, Le Sourire and Femina and the English journal's Eve and Pan. From 1930, he concentrated on painting in the realist mode."
His Art Deco style is characterised by depicting the young and attractive female figure in diverse settings and activities, making him one of the pioneers and greatest exponents of the "pin-up".
Bibliographic reference:
- Two fashion plates from 'Journal des Dames et des Modes' designed by Alberto Fabio Lorenzi (Fabius) 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 24 May 2022,