1989 RENE GRUAU SIGNED LTD. ED. LITHOGRAPH QUE LA FETE COMMENCE 12/300

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  1989 RENE GRUAU SIGNED LTD. ED. LITHOGRAPH QUE LA FETE COMMENCE 12/300 See photos Frame:42.5x34.5 inches Image: 33x25 inches Biography from the Archives of askART Rene Gruau, born Renato Zavagli Ricciardelli, was born Feb. 4, 1909 in Rimini, Italy. Gruau was the son of an Italian count but instead of following in his father's footsteps and accepting the job of royal military commander his passion and inclination for arts led him to a love and pursuance of fine arts. When Rene's mother, Maria Gruau, a French aristocrat, and his father separated when he was three, he moved to Paris with her. Gruau then took his mother's last name, which is the name he is known by, opposed to his father's last name and royal connection. At 14, Gruau began to support his mother and himself by selling drawings to the Milanese fashion journal Lidel. He demonstrated talent for drawing throughout much of his early life and worked as an illustrator for fashion magazines such as Femina, Marie Claire and Vogue in Paris in his teens and early 20s . Gruau found it difficult to find work during World War II and ultimately found little work for small or unestablished designers such as Christian Dior before he became popular during this time. He worked as he could and contributed to the concealment of Jewish refugees. Rene Gruau is a renowned fashion illustrator whose exaggerated portrayal of fashion design through painting has had a lasting effect on the fashion industry. Gruau's artistic talent in fashion illustration merited him publication at the age of 14 and by the time he reached 18, he was published internationally, in the US, Italy, and France. In his lifetime, Gruau worked for numerous magazines including Marie-Claire, Femina, Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Flair, L'Officiel, and Madame Figaro, andL'Officiel de la Couture. Gruau was hired by major designers like Pierre Balmain, Christian Dior, Jacques Fath, Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Rochas, Lanvin, Elizabeth Arden, and Hubert de Givenchy. Gruau moved to the United States in 1948 to work for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He remained with the magazine for two years, and then went to work as sole illustrator for Flair. There were exhibitions of Gruau's work at the Paris Musée du Costume in 1989 and Musée de la Publicité in 1999. Rimini, Italy's Riviera, has a permanent collection in its city museum. Today Gruau's works are collected and exhibited by the finest art institutions including the Louvre in Paris. Rene Gruau continued to work in advertising designing the hugely influential cinema poster for Fellini's La Dolce Vita in 1959 and working on campaigns for names such as Dior, Air France, Martini and Omega watches. He has been exhibited internationally at the Paris Musee du Costume and The Musee de la Publicite. Rene Gruau died on March 31, 2004.

  Dimension

  Height: 40.00 in

  Width: 30.00 in

  Depth: 6.00 in

  Depth: 6.00 in

  Weight: 40.00 lbs

  Condition

  Print is in very good condition. Mat is in good condition, frame has nicks and scratches. Will be shipped without glass.
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