THE ITEM
lovely old
ORIGINAL
COLOUR
PAGE PRINT
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SHOWING:
ILLUSTRATION:
IL NEIGE EN SUISSE
"UNE CHAMPIONNE DU SKI"
IT'S SNOWING IN SWITZERLAND
"A SKI CHAMPION"
THE ARTIST:
RAPHAEL KIRCHNER
Raphael Kirchner (1876 – 2 August 1917) was an Austrian artist, principally a portrait painter and illustrator best known for Art Nouveau and early pin-up work, especially in picture postcard format. His work served as an early inspiration to Peruvian painter Alberto Vargas, who had a career in the United States for the film and men's magazine industry.
Raphael Kirchner produced over a thousand published paintings and drawings in his lifetime, mostly in the form of picture postcards. His orientalist "Geisha" series was among his most popular, with over 40,000 cards sold.[1] The series is a notable example of the cross-influence between Art Nouveau in the West and Japanese art of the Meiji and Taishō periods. Kirchner's often mildly erotic paintings of feminine beauty, in convenient postcard and magazine page form, were among the early pin-ups favored by European and American soldiers in World War I
Peruvian painter Alberto Vargas cited Kirchner as an influence, and was noted for his own paintings of beautiful women in a related style. He painted for movie posters and later illustrations in men's magazines.
Kirchner's lasting influence on the pin-up genre was still recognized in the World War II pin-up heyday period. Kirchner also produced a small number of sculptures, some of which were photographed for postcards as well. In New York, he also produced costume designs for musical theatre productions.
(WIKIPEDIA)
FROM THE MAGAZINE
LA VIE PARISIENNE
La Vie Parisienne (the Parisian life) was a French weekly magazine founded in Paris in 1863 and was published without interruption until 1970. It was popular at the start of the 20th century. Originally it covered novels, sports, theater, music and the arts. In 1905 the magazine changed hands and the new editor Charles Saglio changed its format to suit the modern reader. It soon evolved into a mildly risqué erotic publication. During World War I, General Pershing personally warned American servicemen against purchasing the magazine, which boosted its popularity in the United States.
La Vie Parisienne was hugely successful because it combined a new mix of subjects—short stories, veiled gossip and fashion banter, also comments about subjects from love and the arts to the stock exchange—with beautiful cartoons and full-page color illustrations by leading artists of the age. Alongside this the magazine also reflected the changing interests and values of the start of the 20th century population such as fashion and frivolity.
The artwork of La Vie parisienne reflected the stylization of Art Nouveau and Art Deco illustration, mirroring the aesthetic of the age as well as the values, and this coupled with the intellectualism, wit and satire of its written contributions was a combination that proved irresistible to the French public.
(WIKIPEDIA)
THE YEAR
1913
ON THE BACK-SIDE:
EDITORIAL AND ANOTHER CARTOON / ILLUSTRATION:
"COMMENT ELLES LISENT LES CLASSIQUES"
L'ELOQUENCE LYRIQUE DE CHATEAUBRIAND
LES CHRONIQUES GALANTES DE BRANTÔME
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SIZED:
26,5 X 34 CM
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CONDITION:
reasonable to good, bit rubbed and discoloured, corners and edges bumped with some tiny damages, some light bumps and bends, some light stains, has been folded in full width
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KEYWORDS:
FRENCH MAGAZINES / ILLUSTRATIONS / LA VIE PARISIENNE / RAPHAËL KIRCHNER / PIN-UPS / WINTERSPORTS / SKIING
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