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August 25, 2016
Illustrateur de la Gazette du Bon Ton
Charles MARTIN (1884-1934)
The La Gazette du Bon Ton is one of the finest and most influential twentieth century fashion magazines, celebrating the talent of creators and artists French burgeoning art deco.
Charles Martin is one of the illustrators.
Charles Martin is one of the illustrators.
Charles MARTIN
(1884-1934)
Illustrator of La Gazette du Bon Ton
(1884-1934)
Illustrator of La Gazette du Bon Ton
Present from the beginning of the Gazette du Bon tone, Charles Martin is recognizable by its line inspired by Cubism, resulting in the figures slightly angular features that required designers come soften their discrete draped.
He works for other fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar and Vanity Fair, before turning to the illustration of musical and literary texts, as in 1914 for Sports and Entertainment Erik Satie, or Les Silences du Colonel Bramble d André Maurois in 1929.
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