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Marcel Vertes signed oil Painting French Girl

oil on canvas art board. signed lower right 19.5 X 15.5 framed. Marcel Vertes 1895 (Ujpest, Hungary)
- 1961 (Paris, France) New York / France child figure, mural, circus scene MARCEL VERTES FRENCH HUNGARIAN 1895-1961 art deco artist. like Erte, Vertes was born in Hungary and died in Paris, but spent a lot of time in New York as well. He was noted as a painter, illustrator, designer and scenic painter. His whimsical images graced the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. continuing in the footsteps of Boutet, Forain, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Concentrating upon scenes of Paris street life, portrayals of women and depictions of circus and cabaret acts, Vertes left a legacy of original lithographs and drawings that superbly capture the spirit of 1920's Paris.
Like many other artists, the Second World War forced Vertes to move to the United States. Vertes's art is forever associated with eroticism and the Erotic. Marcel Vertes was a consultant to the Producers and set Designers of the 1952 Award Winning film Moulin Rouge, about the life and times of artist Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec(1864-1901). In real life, Marcel earned his tuition money for his European education by making forgeries of Lautrec's works! Marcel's hand is actually shown in the movie, Moulin Rouge as the actor drawing for the late Toulouse Lautrec, and his images were accordingly used in the film and given appropriate credit in the trailer to the film! Marcel studied in Paris and followed many of the footsteps of the great French Impressionists.

Marcel Vertes shows up in the Production credits as Color Production Designer, and Costume Designer for the film, with Schiaparalli (the same of Paris, and Italy). They both jointly won the British Academy Film award in 1952 for Best Costume Design for this picture

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