Erté

Roman Petrovich Tyrtov (pseud.Erte, French Erté; November 23 (December 4) 1892, St. Petersburg - April 21, 1990, Paris) - artist, graphic artist, illustrator, set designer, fashion designer of the Art Deco era of Russian origin, who worked in Paris and Hollywood. Became known under the pseudonym Erte. A descendant of an old noble family in 1912, he moved to Paris, where from 1913 he worked at the Paul Poiret Fashion House. In the 1920s, he was one of the leading artists of the Art Deco style. Designed costumes for Anna Pavlova, Mata Hari, Lillian Gish, singer Irene Bordoni, dancer Gabi Desli. In 1925 he was invited to Hollywood, to the studio "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer". He worked with Randolph Hirst, creating sets for his films. In 1925-1937 he made more than a hundred covers for the magazines "Harpers Bazar" and "Vogue", making them a new phenomenon of art. Erte′s costumes for the theater could be seen in productions of the Folies-Bergeres from 1919 to 1930, at the Lido cabaret from 1950 to 1958. He worked for the La Nouvelle Eve cabaret, in Paris from 1970-72. Designs costumes and sets for the Roland Petit show. In the early 1970s, in an era of renewed interest in Art Deco, he achieved worldwide fame. In 1976 he was awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters. In 2016, the first Russian exhibition Erte was held at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, where 136 exhibits were exhibited.

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