RENE GRUAU RANGE Special Edition of 50 - DISCONTINUED
WATERPROOF - UV RESISTANT - FADE PROOF - DURABLE - EASY TO INSTALL DISCONTINUED STOCK Medium: 670mm x670mm ABOUT RENE Born in 1909 in RIMINI in Italy, René GRUAU, Count Renato Zavagli Ricciardelli della Caminate, is French by his mother, Marie GRUAU DE LA CHESNAIE, from which he took his artist’s name. He began to draw from his earliest childhood and published His first drawings at 14 years. At 18, he already publishes his fashion designs in Italy, England and Germany. From 1946 until 1984 he collaborated with International Textiles for which he would draw all the covers. From 1947 began the meeting and the formidable adventure with Christian Dior to which the name of GRUAU will remain forever closely linked. The following year he discovered the United States and offered his talent to Harper’s Bazar and Vogue. Two years later, he became the exclusive artist for Flair. In 1949, René GRUAU drew the famous poster of Rouge Baiser and made the cover of the magazine Club. From BLIZZAND to BEMBERG, from PANCALDI to RODIER all industry of the century illuminates the genius of GRUAU. In post-war FRANCE PARIS juponne and GRUAU the Magnificent lights with his brush the glittering nights of the LIDO and the MOULIBN ROUGE of which he creates the unforgettable posters. Since 1989, the world of Fashion and Haute Couture from DIOR to Hubert de GIVENCHY, CHANEL and Christian LACROIX will use its elegant graphics. With GRUAU, as the Hebrew culture wants, the dwarf mounted on the shoulders of the giant to become bigger than him … Following the formidable artistic movement of the beginning of the century, advertising graphics became an Art in its own right and s ‘Inscribed in the Evolution of the History of Art … ..