André Édouard Marty or A. É. Marty (April 16, 1882 – August 1974) was a
Paris
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ian artist who worked mainly in the classic
Art Deco
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style.
Career
Marty studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts
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and Atelier Fernand Cormon in
Montmartre
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, Paris. He was appointed on the jury for the 1925
, from which the Art Deco movement took its name.
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Marty was one of only four artists to contribute to every year of ''
La Gazette du bon ton
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'' a leading
pochoir
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fashion magazine in Paris and in Europe (1912 to 1925).
Marty also had illustrations published in ''
Vogue
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Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** '' Vogue Adria'', a fashion magazine for former Yugoslav countries
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
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'', ''
Harper's Bazaar
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'', ''
Vanity Fair'', ''
House & Garden'', ''Le Sourire'', ''Fémina'', ''Modes et Manières d’Aujourd’hui'' and ''Comoedia Illustre'', among others.
He also illustrated numerous books and designed advertisements and theatre posters (including a number of famous ones for the
Ballets russes
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and the
Théâtre National de l'Opéra in 1910).
During the 1910s, he worked with
Georges Peignot
Georges Louis Jean Baptiste Peignot (June 24, 1872, Paris – September 28, 1915, Givenchy-en-Gohelle) was a French type designer, type founder, and manager of the G. Peignot & Fils foundry until his death in combat during World War I. The ...
on typographic vignettes and ornaments for the prestigious
G. Peignot et Fils foundry.
In the 1930s Marty worked as a costume and set designer for the theatre, cinema and ballet. Later he also produced designs for enamel vases, plates and jewellery.
Illustrated books
''Incomplete list''
*
François de Bondy
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People with the given name
* François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
* François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 169 ...
: ''Constance dans les cieux''. 1932.
*
Pierre Louÿs
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: ''
Les Chansons de Bilitis
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''. Editions de Cluny, 1937. Limited edition of 1500 copies.
*
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet.
Early life
Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ' ...
: ''
Lettres de mon moulin
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''. L'Edition d'Art H.Piazza, 1940.
*
Maurice Maeterlinck
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: ''
L'Oiseau Bleu''. 1945.
*
Ovide. ''
L'art d'aimer''. Traduction nouvelle de Pierre Lièvre. 1935.
*
Madame de La Fayette
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette (baptized 18 March 1634 – 25 May 1693), better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer; she authored ''La Princesse de Clèves'', France's first historical novel and one ...
:
La Princesse de Clèves
''La Princesse de Clèves'' (; "The Princess of Cleves") is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678. It was regarded by many as the beginning of the modern tradition of the psychological novel and a classic work. Its autho ...
. Avec des illustrations de A.-E. Marty. Paris: Ed.
Émile-Paul Frères
Émile-Paul Frères was a French publishing house, whose origins date back to 1881. 'Frères' is French for 'Brothers'. The brand was created by two brothers, Albert and Robert Paul, the sons of the founder Émile Paul. It was active until 1955, ...
1942.
* Gérard de Nerval: Sylvie. Illustrations de A.-E. Marty. Paris: Alphonse Jolly, 1949.
*
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is ...
: La duchesse de Langeais, Editions Rombaldi, 1950.
Related artists
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George Barbier
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Pierre Brissaud
Pierre Brissaud (23 December 1885 – 17 October 1964) was a French Art Deco illustrator, painter, and engraver. He was born in Paris and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Fernand Cormon in Montmartre, Paris. His father was Dr. Éd ...
*
Georges Lepape
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Charles Martin
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Jean Saudé
Jean Saudé was a French printmaker in Paris
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References
External links
Biographies
Lesartsdecoratifs.fr
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Examples of Marty illustrations
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French illustrators
Art Deco artists
French poster artists
1882 births
1974 deaths
Artists from Paris
French male artists
20th-century French artists
École des Beaux-Arts alumni