René Gruau (1909-2004) - Citrouille
\Artist: René Gruau (1909-2004)
Technique: Oil on panel\Signature: Hand signed
René Gruau 1909-2004 René Gruau was born in Rimini in 1909. He wanted to be an architect, however, quite young, he had to earn a living. Through a maternal acquaintance, he published his first fashion drawings at the age of 15 in the Milanese magazine Lidel. As a true self-taught artist, he took up fashion design, to which he devoted himself for several years. Designer for the most famous haute couture houses and magazines; he collaborates with many women's magazines, Vogue, Femina, Marie-Claire. . . The year 47 marked the beginning of a long collaboration with the house of Dior which would continue long after the death of the founder until the mid-1980s. At the end of his life, he developed a personal pictorial production that moved away from the feminine domain that he had spent his career magnifying
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\Artist: René Gruau (1909-2004)
Technique: Oil on panel\Signature: Hand signed
René Gruau 1909-2004 René Gruau was born in Rimini in 1909. He wanted to be an architect, however, quite young, he had to earn a living. Through a maternal acquaintance, he published his first fashion drawings at the age of 15 in the Milanese magazine Lidel. As a true self-taught artist, he took up fashion design, to which he devoted himself for several years. Designer for the most famous haute couture houses and magazines; he collaborates with many women's magazines, Vogue, Femina, Marie-Claire. . . The year 47 marked the beginning of a long collaboration with the house of Dior which would continue long after the death of the founder until the mid-1980s. At the end of his life, he developed a personal pictorial production that moved away from the feminine domain that he had spent his career magnifying