Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) — designer (art deco) with roots in the Russian Empire
Erté (born Romain de Tirtoff) was a Russian-French artist and designer who became the supreme visual voice of Art Deco. His fashion illustrations for Harper's Bazaar, his stage costumes for the Folies Bergère, and his sculptural alphabet series made him one of the 20th century's most recognisable decorative artists.
Tracing the roots — St. Petersburg
Born in St. Petersburg in 1892 to a Russian admiral father, Erté was educated in the finest Russian schools before moving to Paris at 19. His aristocratic St. Petersburg upbringing — the gilded world of tsarist Russia — is directly readable in the opulence, precision, and imperial grandeur of his Art Deco style.
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St. Petersburg. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"Elegance is not about being noticed. It is about being remembered."