Pre-Valentine Wonderful Sale
Lot 50:
Description
Keywords: Art Deco movement, Belle Époque influence, Interwar period fashion illustration, Modernist theatrical art, Early 20th Century European school, Figurative modernism, Erté style, Gouache on paper, 20th century, Costume study, Stylized figure drawing, Fashion illustration style, Fashion Sketch
NO RESERVE Jean-Gabriel Domergue Gouache, Watercolor, and Charcoal Painting on Paper
Lady at the Masked Ball, 1922. Signed and dated lower right “Jean-Gabriel Domergue / 22.”
Artist Bio:
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889–1962) was a French painter specializing in portraits of Parisian women. He was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
At the young age of seventeen, in 1906, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1911, he was awarded second prize in the Prix de Rome and later received the gold medal in 1920.
From the 1920s onward, Domergue became known as the painter of the “Parisian lady.” Many of his works depicted elegant women, often in refined or sensual poses, and he famously claimed to be “the inventor of the pin-up.” Domergue’s figures were characterized by their slender, graceful forms, swanlike necks, and wide, expressive eyes—an aesthetic that defined his vision of feminine allure and sophistication.
Measurement: Art: 19 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (49.5 x 31.1 cm.), Frame: 29 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (74.9 x 57.2 cm.) Approx
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