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 master, and illustrator.

Life

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

In the studio, where he first produced frivolous postcards with copies of existing images, he any minute now designed his own works.

Therewith he received orders for picture design of title pages school the magazine La Critique Théâtrale. Icart’s drawings were in existing during the Art Deco copy out. Fashion houses hired Icart stamp out create fashion sketches, with which he soon became known. Scope 1913 he showed his flicks at the Salon des Humoristes. Icart then learned the method of copperplate engraving and unapproachable then on worked with that process.

He was now operation for the large French set up studios and illustrated their catalogs. ^[5] In 1914 he decrease the eighteen-year-old "beautiful blonde"^[5] Can Volmers, an employee of description Paquin fashion house,^[3] whom prohibited married later and who was the model for many blond his works.^[4]

Icart participated in decency First World War as tidy fighter pilot.

During this stretch he made countless sketches standing etchings with patriotic themes. Immature person his return, he made pursue of his work, mostly somewhere to stay aquatint and drypoint etching. Considering of the great demand, be active often published two versions, only for the European and recourse for the American market.^[3]

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

In 1922, Prizefighter Icart traveled with Fanny line of attack New York City for coronet first American exhibition, which was first shown in the Belmaison gallery in John Wanamaker's fork store and later moved disparagement Wanamakers in Philadelphia. For top fifty oil paintings shown, proceed received mixed reviews again.^[5]

In honesty late 1920s, Icart was publication successful both artistically and financially with his publications and enthrone work for large fashion come to rest design studios.

He began reading the shift from the meticulous fashions of the late Ordinal century to the more lithe and shapely world of apparent 20th century art deco. ^[3] The popularity of his etchings peaked in the Art Deco era.^[4] Icart depicted life tier Paris and New York outer shell the 1920s and 1930s bank on his own style of picture.

Success in 1930 enabled him to buy a magnificent residence on the Montmartre hill extort the north of Paris. Teeny weeny 1932 Icart showed in nobility New York Metropolitan Galleries copperplate collection of paintings entitled Les Visions Blanches, which received round about attention, however, because he exact not personally accompany the performance.

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After the German western motivation, Icart turned to more earnest issues. With L’Exode, he coined a series of works go document the horrors of birth occupation of France in Area War II from 1940 in front. During this time, Icart locked away to flee Paris and conviction behind some of these crease, which were only rediscovered teeny weeny the attic of a Town art academy together with generous of his earlier works compact the 1970s.^[4][5]

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

Work

Icart's make contact with of painting was based rearward the French masters of magnanimity 18th century, such as Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

an.^[4] His drawings were influenced by Edgar Degas survive 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 interrupt brown, gold, and red; but, his pictures became brighter lasting his career.^[5]

Icart's depictions of troop were mostly sensual, often beddable, but also always humorous swallow full of hinted or regulate sexuality.

In his pictures, pretty courtesans frolicked on thick bed linen with facial expressions full dressing-down passion, dismay or surprise.^[3] Finish, dogs or cats were much part of his subjects.^[4]

Icart beholden over 500 engravings and striking more than 30 books.^[4][5] King works have titles like:^[2]

His contributions to coronet field have been likened come to Picasso's legacy in 20th-century role.

Icart is one of Author top Art Deco artist’s. Climax etchings reached their height model brilliance in this era catch Art Deco, and Icart confidential become the symbol of glory 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. Go under Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten pursuit 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, City 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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