Erté (Romaine de Tirtoff)
Russian/French - b.1892 d.1990

For almost 80 years, Romain de Tirtoff, who called himself Erté after the French pronunciation of his initials, was one of the foremost fashion and stage designers of the early twentieth century.

In 1912, Erté moved to Paris and soon obtained a contract with Harper’s Bazaar to create fashion drawings. During the next 22 years, Erté produced 250 covers for Bazaar.

Besides the fashion world, the artist also designed for the opera, traditional theatre, and spent a brief time in Hollywood in 1925, at the invitation of Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer.

Having been overshadowed by war, Erté’s career was reinvigorated in 1967 when he met London art dealer Erik Estorick. The designer again found success with exhibitions of his gouache paintings and drawings in New York and London.

At the time of his death in 1990, critics called Erté "prince of the music hall" and “the mirror of fashion for 75 years.”

 

Heart (Purple). embossed print.

SAC 1988.4.2 - Gift of Pam and Jay Kaplin

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Erté

Heart (Red). embossed print.

SAC 1988.4.1 - Gift of Pam and Jay Kaplin

 

Erté

Zephyr (Lavender). embossed print.

SAC 1988.4.3 - Gift of Pam and Jay Kaplin

 

Erté

Zephyr (Gold). embossed print.

SAC 1988.4.2 - Gift of Pam and Jay Kaplin

Jean Erwin
Spartanburg - d.2002

The Nun Set Sail. 1983. soapstone.

SCAA 1983.1 - Gift of Friends of the Arts

Jean Erwin
Spartanburg - d.2002

untitled. soapstone.

SCAA 2007.02.01

Jean Erwin
Spartanburg - d.2002

untitled. soapstone.

SCAA 2007.02.01

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