Poster Designer 2. Chloe

Rene Gruau was born in Italy in 1909. In the 1940’s and 50’s Gruau became a favourite of the haute couture world, working with Femina, Marie-Claire and other high-style magazines. Some of Graua’s best work can be seen in the dramatic visual statements he rendered for Christian Dior and Hubert De Givenchy. In 1948 Rene Gruau left for the United States to work for Harper’s Bazaar and Vouge, before becoming the exclusive artist for FLAIR. Almost right up until his death at the age of 95, Gruau continued to work for the greatest names in Haute Couture.
Today Gruau’s works are collected and exhibited by the finest art institutions including the lourve in Paris. Rene Gruau’s artistic passion, intensity and technical brilliance have left a high-water mark on art history. With his trademark use of his powerful minimal line, Gruau’s style combined seductive sophistication with classic beauty, grace and sensual elegance. Gruau created posters and ads for high fashion houses and magazines. With his works that suggested an inspired melding of Japanese drawing and Toulouse-Lautrec posters, Gruau, who was self-taught, formed a bridge between the celebrated French poster tradition and the modern advertising.


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