Beautiful Drawing, Portrait Of An Elegant Young Woman Sailing In A Boater Hat, Signed 1936

Elegant Woman in a Hat in a Boat, 1936, annotated "on the water." A young city woman sits in a boat, gliding on calm water. Seen in profile, wearing a large, light-colored hat, she is dressed in a simple and elegant outfit. Her face is finely drawn, the volumes of her body simplified, and the banks and the water reduced to flat planes and stylized curves. The whole creates a poetic atmosphere, very typical of the interwar period, somewhere between fashion illustration and a leisure scene. Signed in the lower right corner, along with the annotation "on the water," which establish the date and subject of the painting. The signature is yet to be identified, but the highly graphic style clearly evokes the world of illustrators of the 1930s. This sheet belongs to the decorative and illustrative movement of the 1930s, halfway between fashion illustration and poetic poster art. Through its subject – a young city woman with a hat, a boat, a stylized body of water – and through its refined design with synthesized volumes, it recalls the aesthetics of artists like Louis Fortuney, a great specialist in pastel and illustration projects, or, in the world of fashion and posters, George Barbier, Georges Lepape, Christian Bérard, René Bouët-Willaumez, but also the graphic spirit of Art Deco poster artists such as Cassandre or Roger Broders. It can thus be presented as a work of French school from the interwar period, in the Art Deco style / fashion illustration of the 1930s. Artist: signed lower right with an undeciphered signature (artist to be identified) Title: Elegant woman in a hat in a boat, "on the water" Date: 1936 Technique: grease pencil, pastel and watercolor on paper Subject: young city woman sitting in a boat, wide-brimmed hat, sailing on a stylized body of water Style: stylized painting, Art Deco spirit / fashion illustration of the 1930s, simplified volumes and decoration reduced to the essentials Signature and inscriptions: Condition: good overall condition; paper well preserved, colors fresh; Minor signs of age related to mounting under glass, not serious. Frame: antique frame with light textured/“plaster” finish. Overall dimensions: 52 cm x 38 cm. Pastel, 1930s, drawing 1936, late Art Deco, Art Deco illustration, fashion illustration, French interwar school, young woman in a boat, elegant woman in a hat, woman with a hat, female profile, stylized portrait, stylized painting, boat on the water, scene on a body of water, stylized waterscape, grease pencil, pastel on paper, watercolor on paper, mixed media, 1930s painting, vintage decor, Art Deco decoration, female portrait, woman's profile, city hat, 1930s fashion, elegant silhouette, poetic atmosphere, poetic realism, boat ride, vintage poster style, fashion magazine style, cover illustration, Louis Fortuney, Fortuney illustrator, George Barbier, Georges Lepape, Christian Bérard, René Bouët-Willaumez, René Gruau, Erté, Benito, André Marty, Charles Martin, Paul Iribe, Paul Colin, Cassandre, Roger Broders, Jean-Gabriel Domergue, Jean Dupas, Jean-Adrien Mercier, Art Deco poster artists, travel posters, fashion magazines, Gazette du Bon Ton, Parisian illustration, French elegance, Riviera atmosphere, seaside decor, lakeside decor, leisure scene, elegant young woman, romantic painting, retro atmosphere, figurative art, illustrator's drawing, artist to be identified, illegible signature, framed painting, antique frame, ready-to-hang painting, eBay sale, online gallery, accessible art, original piece, Art Deco collection, drawing collection, living room decor, Parisian apartment decor, holiday home decor.