Study Of Breton Costumes - Fernel - Brittany
Artist: Fernel
Dimensions:
without frame on view 24 x 34 cm, with frame 42.5 x 52 cm.
Watercolor drawing, signed lower right.
Fernand Fernel (1865 - 1933):
Fernand Fernel was born in Belgium. In 1870, his parents left Brussels for Paris where little Fernand grew up. His real name was Ferdinand Auguste François Cerckel, and he became a prolific illustrator, poster artist and designer active in Paris at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He distinguished himself as one of the pioneers of Belgian artistic posters alongside Privat Livemont and Armand Rassenfosse, before establishing himself on the Parisian scene. Fernel collaborated with the greatest lithographic printing houses of his time (Devambez, Chaix, Vercasson, Lemercier) and saw some of his posters reproduced in the famous magazine Les Maîtres de l'affiche edited by Jules Chéret. His humorous and expressive style is illustrated in hundreds of postcards, coloring books and sketches, often centered on the popular worlds of the time: the circus, sports, automobiles and aviation. He maintained a close relationship with the world of entertainment, particularly with the Fratellini family, and produced a notable series of drawings for the Galas de l'Union des Artistes between 1923 and 1930. His work, both rooted in the modernity of his time and marked by a satirical vein, bears witness to a dense and original career at the heart of Parisian artistic life during the Belle Époque and the Roaring Twenties. His history with Brittany must date from the end of his life, as he died in Dinard. We know of some beautiful Breton paintings.
without frame on view 24 x 34 cm, with frame 42.5 x 52 cm.
Watercolor drawing, signed lower right.
Fernand Fernel (1865 - 1933):
Fernand Fernel was born in Belgium. In 1870, his parents left Brussels for Paris where little Fernand grew up. His real name was Ferdinand Auguste François Cerckel, and he became a prolific illustrator, poster artist and designer active in Paris at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He distinguished himself as one of the pioneers of Belgian artistic posters alongside Privat Livemont and Armand Rassenfosse, before establishing himself on the Parisian scene. Fernel collaborated with the greatest lithographic printing houses of his time (Devambez, Chaix, Vercasson, Lemercier) and saw some of his posters reproduced in the famous magazine Les Maîtres de l'affiche edited by Jules Chéret. His humorous and expressive style is illustrated in hundreds of postcards, coloring books and sketches, often centered on the popular worlds of the time: the circus, sports, automobiles and aviation. He maintained a close relationship with the world of entertainment, particularly with the Fratellini family, and produced a notable series of drawings for the Galas de l'Union des Artistes between 1923 and 1930. His work, both rooted in the modernity of his time and marked by a satirical vein, bears witness to a dense and original career at the heart of Parisian artistic life during the Belle Époque and the Roaring Twenties. His history with Brittany must date from the end of his life, as he died in Dinard. We know of some beautiful Breton paintings.
900 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Art Deco
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Water color
Width: sans cadre à vue 34 cm
Height: sans cadre à vue 24 cm
Reference (ID): 1599330
Availability: In stock
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