Erté
Also known as Romain de Tirtoff-Erté, Romain de Tirtoff, Roman Tyrtov, Roman Erté-de Tirtoff, Romain De Tirtoff Erte, Romain de Tirtoff Erte, Romain de Tirtov, R.T.
Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990), known by the pseudonym Erté (from the French pronunciation of his initials: ), was a Russian-born French artist and designer. He worked in several fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume, set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Erté at 94
- Erte
- Erte's theatrical costumes
- Erté graphics
- Erté (Romain de Tirtiff)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1892-11-23
- Active to
- 1990-04-21
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Erté, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Writings
- See also
- References
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Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990), known by the pseudonym Erté (from the French pronunciation of his initials: ), was a Russian-born French artist and designer. He worked in several fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume, set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.
==Early life== Tirtoff was born Roman Petrovich Tyrtov (Роман Петрович Тыртов) in Saint Petersburg, to a distinguished family with roots tracing back to 1548, to a Tatar khan named Tyrt. His father, Pyotr Ivanovich Tyrtov, served as an admiral in the Russian Fleet.
