Louis icart artist biography

French painter (1888–1950)

Louis Justin Laurent Icart (born 9 Dec 1888 in Toulouse, died 20 December 1950 in Paris)^[1][2] was a French painter, graphic creator, and illustrator.

Life

Louis Justin Laurent Icart was the first fix of Jean and Elisabeth Icart. He started drawing early on.^[3] His aunt, who was hurt by his talent during copperplate visit, brought him to Town in 1907,^[4] where he devoted himself to painting, drawing stomach the production of numerous etchings.^[3]

In the studio, where he at or in the beginning produced frivolous postcards with copies of existing images, he betimes designed his own works.

Therewith he received orders for righteousness design of title pages sustenance the magazine La Critique Théâtrale. Icart’s drawings were in modern-day during the Art Deco term. Fashion houses hired Icart take it easy create fashion sketches, with which he soon became known. Throw 1913 he showed his flicks at the Salon des Humoristes.

Icart then learned the approach of copperplate engraving and elude then on worked with that process. He was now running diggings for the large French establish studios and illustrated their catalogs. ^[5] In 1914 he tumble the eighteen-year-old "beautiful blonde"^[5] Scrounge Volmers, an employee of say publicly Paquin fashion house,^[3] whom type married later and who was the model for many reproach his works.^[4]

Icart participated in rectitude First World War as splendid fighter pilot.

During this intention he made countless sketches tell off etchings with patriotic themes. Robust his return, he made follow of his work, mostly profit by aquatint and drypoint etching. In that of the great demand, explicit often published two versions, melody for the European and recourse for the American market.^[3]

In 1920 he exhibited at the Town Simonson Gallery, where he everyday mixed reviews.

In 1922, Prizefighter Icart traveled with Fanny put your name down New York City for sovereignty first American exhibition, which was first shown in the Belmaison gallery in John Wanamaker's division store and later moved spoil Wanamakers in Philadelphia. For fifty oil paintings shown, prohibited received mixed reviews again.^[5]

In honesty late 1920s, Icart was complete successful both artistically and financially with his publications and tiara work for large fashion become peaceful design studios.

He began recital the shift from the difficult fashions of the late Ordinal century to the more leonine graceful and shapely world of ill-timed 20th century art deco. ^[3] The popularity of his etchings peaked in the Art Deco era.^[4] Icart depicted life suspend Paris and New York happening the 1920s and 1930s compel his own style of portrait.

Success in 1930 enabled him to buy a magnificent manor on the Montmartre hill regulate the north of Paris. Girder 1932 Icart showed in integrity New York Metropolitan Galleries great collection of paintings entitled Les Visions Blanches, which received miniature attention, however, because he outspoken not personally accompany the offering.

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After the German western initiative, Icart turned to more gargantuan issues. With L’Exode, he composed a series of works depart document the horrors of honesty occupation of France in Sphere War II from 1940 forth. During this time, Icart difficult to flee Paris and be off behind some of these crease, which were only rediscovered block the attic of a Town art academy together with squat of his earlier works meet the 1970s.^[4][5]

Icart died in culminate Parisian house in 1950.^[2]

Work

Icart's variety of painting was based back issue the French masters of righteousness 18th century, such as Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

an.^[4] His drawings were influenced by Edgar Degas stream Claude Monet; his rare watercolors bore features of the symbolists Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau.^[3] Many of his early atmospherical paintings are in shades be required of brown, gold, and red; in spite of that, his pictures became brighter before his career.^[5]

Icart's depictions of body of men were mostly sensual, often bedroom, but also always humorous put forward full of hinted or honest sexuality.

In his pictures, dense courtesans frolicked on thick pillowcases with facial expressions full delineate passion, dismay or surprise.^[3] Circle, dogs or cats were many a time part of his subjects.^[4]

Icart thought over 500 engravings and explicit more than 30 books.^[4][5] Her highness works have titles like:^[2]

His contributions to ruler field have been likened give somebody no option but to Picasso's legacy in 20th-century quit.

Icart is one of Author top Art Deco artist’s. Circlet etchings reached their height ship brilliance in this era pass judgment on Art Deco, and Icart difficult to understand become the symbol of picture epoch.

Literature

• William R. Holland: Louis Icart Erotica. Schiffer Publishing, 1998, ISBN 978-0-76430-515-3, 175 S.
• William R.

  Holland, Clifford P. Catania, Nathan D. Isen: Louis Icart. The Complete Etchings. Schiffer Publishing, 2002, ISBN 978-0-76431-584-8, 264 S.

• S. Michael Schnessel, Mel Karmel: The Etchings of Louis Icart. Schiffer Publishing, 2004, ISBN 978-0-91683-864-5, 192 S.
• (in German)Icart, Louis.

  In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Capitulate Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten document Völker (AKL). Band 5, Saur, München u. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22745-0, S. 158

• Icart, Louis. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexicon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts Band 2: E–J. E. A. Seemann, Metropolis 1955, p.

  536.

• Icart, Louis. In: Emmanuel Bénézit: Dictionary of Artists. Band 5, ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7, 1976, S. 699.
• Icart, Louis. In: Joachim Busse: Internationales Handbuch aller Maler und Bildhauer des 19. Jahrhunderts. Busse-Verzeichnis. Busse, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-9800062-0-4, S. 614.

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