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Figure in a Wide-brimmed Red Hat

Creator: René Gruau
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red.
Count Renato Zavagli Ricciardelli della Caminateprofessionally known as René Gruau. It's a flat and simplified composition that is akin to more to minimalism than illustration.
US, Italy, and France. In his lifetime, Gruau worked for numerous magazines including Marie-Claire, Femina, Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Flair, L'Officiel, Madame Figaro, and L'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 gave life to their haute couture clothing and expanded their popularity with his captivating illustrations. Gruau's illustrations reinvented many of the designs and gave them lambency and radiance that the fashion industry previously lacked. - Signed with a star and Gruau lower left

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1950-1979
Condition:	Good. Minor abrasions, reverse with toning and tape and adhesive remnants on the extreme edge of the paper and do not show when framed.
Creation Date:	Circa 1955 to 1975
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Post Impressionism, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	467553

Dimensions

W.	13.85 in;	H.	16.65 in;
W.	35.18 cm;	H.	42.29 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.

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