Erté
Sign in to saveAlso 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
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ert%C3%A9">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Key facts
- Artist.birth_name
- Romain Petrovich de Tirtoff
- Artist.birth_place
- St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Artist.image
- Erté at the Sonnabend Gallery, New York City 1970.jpg
- Artist.caption
- Erté in front of his works at the Sonnabend Gallery, New York City, 1970
- Artist.death_place
- Paris, France
- Artist.field
- visual arts
- Artist.movement
- Art Deco
- Artist.name
- Erté
- Artist.partner
- Prince Nicholas Ourousoff
- Artist.works
- Symphony in Black (1920s)
- Artist.signature
- Ertesignature.svg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Erté at the Sonnabend Gallery, New York City 1970.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1892-10-11
- name in native language
- Erté
- date of death
- 1990-04-21
- Commons category
- Erté
- Commons Creator page
- Erté
- pseudonym
- Erté
- birth name
- Роман Петрович Тыртов
via Wikidata · CC0
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
- External links
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.