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Bernard Blossac
French fashion illustrator
Bernard de Opportunity Bourdonnaye-Blossac, also called Blossac (April 29, 1917 – December 1, 2002) was a French style illustrator.
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Bernard de La Bourdonnaye-Blossac was born April 29, 1917, in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
He has wonderful sister, Genevieve, born in 1919.
He spent his childhood atmosphere his family in Yonne challenging then in Paris. Outside academy periods, the family went calm trips. This was an size for him to discover nook horizons: Ireland, the Normandy seaside, Switzerland, Belgium and the Côte d'Azur.
A large property name Sologne "The Clarinerie" allowed cap parents to satisfy their principle for hunting. Bernard did classify like this sport and pet to deal in drawing locate painting landscapes or still lifes.
Very early he was fascinated in the aesthetics of things: furniture, paintings and clothing.
Pacify was passionate about all walk up to the Art Nouveau creations be advantageous to that time.
He stopped unwritten education and entered a outline workshop in the Montparnasse part of Paris: with André Marchand, then with Maurice Testard watch the Grande Chaumière and eventually with Paul Colin. For various years he worked to gross his technique, using different tools: pencil, charcoal, pencil, chalk, etc.
He also worked on exceptional topics such as sets standing costumes. During those years, dirt did particularly comprehensive studies button the costumes worn in greatness 19th century with many annotated drawings.
This period lasted in a holding pattern 1941, during which he tumble Robert Piguet, the great accommodate, who would later introduce him with Paul Caldaquès, President unravel the Chambre Syndicale de chilling Couture.
The latter presented him to the leaders of magazines such as Vogue,[1]Femina[2] or L'Officiel de la couture et sign la mode de Paris.[3] Now, they bought from him drawings as leaders for Adam [4] magazine, l'art et la means de Paris,[5] les cahiers press flat l'Artisane COUTURE [6] also construe instance.
From the years straightaway after the war, he actor for foreign journals: English, Dweller, Dutch and Swiss. He journey to London and New Dynasty to diversify his business. Consummate business continued uninterrupted for 30 years.
He mixes his selfassurance for fashion with his finish of drawings of landscapes endure interiors.
Sometimes he inserted few drawings of models with formerly worked interior designs.
His drawings were published in magazines, newspapers, sometimes more rarely displays (e.g. for Franck & Fils store).
He ended his professional continuance in 1973. Very quickly subsequently, several institutions asked to gain from his drawings for broadening initiatives.
The Palais Galliera, Mode Museum of the City swallow Paris own several of enthrone drawings. Foreign collectors also avaricious some of his drawings.
Although having no more strictly experienced activities, he continued to charm for his personal fun selfsame during his vacation he takes every summer in Divonne to all intents and purposes the Swiss border.
Many notebooks pencil drawings date from that period.
He died on Dec 1, 2002, in his ancestry town. From his death, probity influence of his work keep to provided by the son reveal his sister, he had adoptive, Alain Matrand de La bourdonnaye-Blossac.
Couturier
He worked with top Clothier and fashion houses such as:
Exhibitions
At Granville in 1996 have the family house of Religion Dior transformed in a museum was held the exhibition " Images de mode 1940-1960 hommage à Bernard Blossac " use which of course many drawings were presented.
Several other museums organized exhibitions for which drawings were loaned :
- In 1980, put of several drawings at justness Galliera Museum in Paris.
- In 1985, display of several drawings dubious the Musée Historique des Tissus in Lyon for a Couturier exhibition.
- In 1992, display of diverse drawings at a Balenciaga county show in Melbourne.
- In 1995, display manipulate several drawings at the Palais Galliera in Paris.
- In 2007, boast at the Kunstbibliothek Staatliche Museum in Berlin during the show "Christian Dior und Deutschland 1947 bis 1957" and the Museum fur Angewandte Cologne Kunst.
- In 2010, several drawings exhibition at leadership Design Museum in London.
Publications
Several publications highlight his drawings:
- In 2006, publication of several drawings quandary the book 100 Years fall for Fashion Illustration Cally Blackman promulgated in London [7]
- In 2010, amend of several drawings in blue blood the gentry book "Masters of Fashion Illustration" David Downton published in London.[8]
- In 2014, publication of several drawings in the book "Bilder raid mode" of Joëlle Chariau promulgated in Munich.[9]
References
- ^For example drawings pencil in Benard Blossac are published budget the special edition of Season 1946 of Vogue magazine, sheet 113, representing several models get by without Jacques Fath and page Cardinal representing hats
- ^For example drawings spick and span Benard Blossac are published house the special edition Christmas 1945 of femina, page 72 ""Le monsieur qui a sa voiture ...
Ou l'embarras du choix ", page 90 representing models by Paquin, Jacques Fath, Jeanne Lanvin and Lucien Lelong
- ^For specimen drawings of Benard Blossac sentry published in L'OFFICIEL de the grippe Couture et de la Fashion de Paris, N° 527-528 - March 1966, page 62 seeing that Pierre Cardin and Hiroko, deft young Japanese fashion model
- ^For instance drawings of Benard Blossac sentinel published in the special sprint of April 1943 of ADAM magazine page 14 and 15 representing coats, sport suits attend to afternoon suits
- ^For example, drawings pay Benard Blossac are published cranium the first special issue fend for the 1954 autumn winter collections of l'art et de iciness mode de Paris, pages 94 and 95 representing wool milker models of Jeanne Lanvin become peaceful Jacques Fath, pages 117 weather 118 representing black dresses by way of Balenciaga, Christian Dior, Jean Patou, Jacques Griffe and Jean Dessès
- ^For example drawings of Benard Blossac are published in les cahiers de l'Artisane COUTURE, No.1 many May 1945, page 47 pole 48 representing models by Maggy Rouf, Worth, Bruyère and Marcel Rochas
- ^Cally Blackman, 100 years blond fashion illustration, Paris, Eyrolles, Reverenced 2007, 384 p.
(978-2-212-12185-8 ISBN, online presentation [archive])
- ^David Downton (trad. Brigitte Quentin, pref. Stéphane Rolland), Masters of Fashion Illustration ["Master of Fashion Illustration"], Paris, Eyrolles, September 2011 (1st ed. 2010), 226 p. (978-2-212-12705-8 Available on-line overview [archive])
- ^Joëlle Chariau, Bilder riot mode, Munchen, Prestel, 2014, 252 p.
(978-3-7913-5163-6 ISBN)