Buy the Original Mixed Media
Price
$2,900
Dimensions
22.000 x 28.000 x 1.000 inches
This original mixed media is currently for sale. At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the Neighborhood Gallery of Boynton Beach secure checkout system. Please contact the gallery directly to inquire about purchasing this original.
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Title
Orchid
Artist
Louis Icart
Medium
Mixed Media - Print 149/250
Description
In Icart's drawings, one sees the Impressionists Degas and Monet and, in his rare watercolors, the Symbolists Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau. In fact, Icart lived outside the fashionable artistic movements of the time and was not completely sympathetic to contemporary art. Nonetheless, his Parisian scenes are a documentation of the life he saw around him and they are nearly as popular today as when they were first produced.
Art Deco was a period of perfection of workmanship, and in this Icart's art is tied closely to the period. He was an expert craftsman and aimed for perfection in his etching technique. Art Deco was also a smart and sophisticated style, and Icart surrounded himself with rich materials, fine furniture, Chinese lacquer screens, and other luxuries. This refinement of taste and the luxury with which he lived also linked him to the opulent spirit of the times. Fashions were undergoing major transition. Women were eager to divest themselves of the heavy overflow of lace, cotton, buckles, and high necklines worn by their mothers. New trends called for higher waistlines, and for clothing that clung to the body rather than billowing out. Icart reflected such fashion changes in, for example, his famous and inimitable illustrations for the magazine Luxe de Paris.
In 1914 Icart had met a magical, effervescent eighteen-year-old blonde named Fanny Volmers, at the time an employee of the fashion house Paquin. She would eventually become his wife and a source of artistic inspiration for the rest of his life.
This is a hand signed and numbered 149/250 Louis Icart print titled Orchid which also has the Icart gold seal on the lower left. It is framed and available at the Neighborhood Gallery. For more information or to arrange an in person viewing call Rick At 561-736-8181 or email: beaulieustudios@aol.com
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August 29th, 2011
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