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Hospital Scene

Marcel Vertès

Gilden's Art Gallery United Kingdom

Artwork details

Artist
Marcel Vertès
Title
Hospital Scene
Description

The drawing is hand signed by the artist "Vertes" in pencil at the lower left. There is also an inscription in pencil at the upper left.

Marcel Vertès was a Hungarian costume designer. He won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. Vertès is also responsible for the original murals in the Café Carlyle in the Carlyle Hotel in New York City, New York.

Condition: Good Condition.

Date
1
Medium
Drawing
Signature
Signed
Sheet
12 x 15.3 cm
Status
Available
Price
$285.00
The Artist

Marcel Vertès

A French costume designer and illustrator of Hungarian-Jewish origins. After WWI he moved from his native Hungary to Vienna, Austria and then to Paris, where he was a student at the Academy Julian, living and working in the famous Latin Quarter. Vertes quickly established himself as a regular in the Paris art scene and his work became lighter and more lyrical.

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