Born 1879 in Montemurlo, Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi moved to Paris in 1900 where he soon established himself as a printer, book illustrator, set and costume designer.
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| Fashion illustration by Umberto Brunelleschi in the early 20th century |
Brunelleschi worked for Le Rire as a caricaturist (often under the pseudonym’s Aroun-al-Raxid or Aron-al-Rascid) and was a contributor to many of the deluxe French fashion publications including Journal des Dames et Des Modes, La Vie Parisienne, Gazette du Bon Ton and Les Feuillets d’Art. He was also the artistic director of the short lived but significant La Guirlande d’art et de la littérature 1919-1920.
In the 1920s, Brunelleschi diversified into set and costume designs for the Folies Bergère, the Casino de Paris, the Théâtre du Châtelet and theatres in New York City, Germany, and in his native country. In Italy, he worked for Opera Houses such as La Scala in Milan, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence.
His illustrated books include Voltaire (Candide, 1933), Charles Perrault (Contes du temps jadis, 1912), Musset (La Nuit vénitienne), Goethe, Diderot (Les Bijoux indiscrets, etc.), Les Masques et les personnages de la Comédie italienne, 1914; Phili ou Par delà le bien et le mal, 1921; Le Radjah de Mazulipatam, 1925; Le Malheureux Petit Voyage, 1926; and Les Aventures du roi Pausole, 1930.
Umberto Brunelleschi died 1949 in Paris. These vintage photos show impressive fashion illustration by Umberto Brunelleschi in the 1910s and 1920s.
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| "Celles qui la préfèrent... La Malaceïne?", circa 1910s |
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| "La fleur et le miroir", Gazette du Bon Ton, 1912 |
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| Le Roi Regarde Le Petit Lapin, 1912 |
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| "Toilette au goût Vénitien", Costumes Parisiens, Nº 122, 1913 |
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| Illustrated London News, Christmas 1913 |
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| Monaco-Sports, 1913 |
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| Harlequin with rose, illustration for Gérard Houville's "Les Masques et les Personnages de la Comédie Italienne", 1914 |
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| Lovers in Venice on a Starry Night, 1914 |
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| Mezzetin et Colombine, 1914 |
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| Robe à volant, 1914 |
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| "Pompadour, Robe de Petit-Dîner", La Guirlande,circa 1919 |
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| Cover of La Guirlande, 1919 |
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| Dancing Couple, circa 1919 |
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| Evening gown by Marie-Louise Barclay, circa 1919 |
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| Fashionable Woman, circa 1919 |
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| Istar-Sahar Oriental style dress from Molyneux, circa 1919 |
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| La Guirlande, 1919 |
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| One Evening in Venice, 1919 |
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| Romanesque, Modèle de Chez Jenny, 1919 |
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| Scheherazade costume design, 1919 |
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| "Concert" plate from La Guirlande, Vol. 6, 1920 |
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| Danseuse Orientale, 1920 |
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| Notturno con Maschere, 1920 |
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| Robe du soir de la maison Jenny, 1920 |
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| Cover of Elegancias, May 1923 |
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| Danse espagnole, 1923 |
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| Palais de la Nouveauté Paris, 1923 |
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| Mädchen mit Schwalben, circa 1924 |
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| Palais de la Nouveauté, Été, 1924 |
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| Cover of La Lettura, 1926 |
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| La gondola rossa, 1926 |
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| Parigi, L'Estampe Moderne, 1926 |
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| Feux d'Artifice, 1927 |
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| Flutist Serenading a Couple, 1927 |
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| Chinoiserie Scene with Fawn Pochoir on Engraving, 1928 |
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| Edmonde Guy, 1928 |
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| Carnavale, circa 1920s |
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| Cinderella, circa 1920s |
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| Serenade, Evening, circa 1920s |
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| Working Mail Woman, circa 1920s |
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