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|  A painter of portraits, figures including nudes and genre scenes, Christian Berard worked primarily in Paris including as a fashion illustrator for Chanel and Nina Ricci and a theater-set designer. He also worked in New York City as a set designer, fashion illustrator and ballet costume designer for Balanchine. To his friends, he had the nickname of Bebe.
In Paris, Berard was a student at the Academie Ranson where he studied with Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard. In 1924, he had his first exhibition of paintings at Galerlie Druet with a group of other paintings labeled Neo-Romantic that included Eugene Berman and Pavel Tchelitchew.
His paintings often have subdued coloration with blacks, browns and whites and his theater designs are known for their monochromatic architecture, which form a backdrop to bright-toned costumes. "Berard's portraits from the 1920s-30s were often imbued with an intensity and dream-like undertone" (Christie's New York)
Source:
http://www.art-deco-prints-and-posters.com/ChristianBerard.asp
Auction catalogue, "Impressionist and Modern Art", Christie's New York, September 29, 2004. |
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