René Gruau
(1909 - 2004)
Rene Gruau was born in 1909 into an old Italian family as Count Renato Zavagli-Riciardelli delle Caminate. In the early 1930s, his mother moved to her native Paris where he took her family name, Gruau. Through his close friendship to Christian Dior, Gruau entered the world of advertising graphics and very soon he illustrated not only for Dior’s perfumes but for many famous luxury products. From the late 40s onward, the 'Gruau Style' blazed across the covers and pages of the world’s leading fashion magazines. Gruau’s designs, ads and illustrations characterize the graphic art of the forties and fifties as no other works have done. Retrospective exhibitions of his art have been held in Paris, Rome, Munich, Cologne, New York and Tokyo museums.
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Rene Gruau was born in 1909 into an old Italian family as Count Renato Zavagli-Riciardelli delle Caminate. In the early 1930s, his mother moved to her native Paris where he took her family name, Gruau. Through his close friendship to Christian Dior, Gruau entered the world of advertising graphics and very soon he illustrated not only for Dior’s perfumes but for many famous luxury products. From the late 40s onward, the 'Gruau Style' blazed across the covers and pages of the world’s leading fashion magazines. Gruau’s designs, ads and illustrations characterize the graphic art of the forties and fifties as no other works have done. Retrospective exhibitions of his art have been held in Paris, Rome, Munich, Cologne, New York and Tokyo museums.
:: >> Galerie Bartsch & Chariau, München
