The Artwork of Russian Art Deco Artist Ert
Ert's Art Deco Designs and Artwork
rt was born Roman Petrovich Tyrtov in Russia in 1892. At the age of nineteen he moved to Paris, taking   the name "Ert" from the initials R T of his   Latinized name: Romain de Tirtoff.   By 1915, he had begun his artistic career with   a contract from the magazine Harper's Bazaar.   Over the next 22 years, he designed over 200   covers for the magazine. He was also respon-   sible for designing many theatrical costumes during the Art Deco period, most notably for the Ziegfeld Follies in 192...

Erte & The Golden Age of Hollywood
Erte Created the Elegant Glamour that Made the Golden Age of Hollywood
Before Erte, women were stuck in Victorian Era clothing- corsets, button up boots, voluminous skirts, high neck collars. It took some vision to change that! Erte, a Russian Artist, had a special view of  women.  The way Erte looked at women, drew them, envisioned them, sculpted them, made me believe I was born in the wrong decade!  He saw the power of the female form, the hourglass shape, the elegance of length and accessorization; femininity without the ridiculous. What woman wouldn't wan...

Erte Art Deco Nouveau Art Prints Drawings Posters
Erte
The elegant designs which were created by Erte over the course of his long and celebrated life inspired not simply the world of theatre, film as well as fashion, but as well had a profound infulence on an entire art movement. The genius of his artistic vision is proven through an immense collection of art which is regarded to be some of the most important and singular of the twentieth century. Erte's amazing career traversed over almost the full length of his lifetime. During 1912, Erte reloc...

Erte`
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