Design for a Full-length White Evening Dress, Shown in Two Views
Bequest of Adele Simpson, 1993
Catalogue
- Year
- 1900
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 13/16 in. (36.9 x 27.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Christian Bérard
Artist
Painting
Christian Bérard was a French painter, designer, and illustrator active in the mid-twentieth century. Working across fine art, theatre design, and fashion illustration, he developed a distinctive graphic language that bridged modernism and decorative tradition. His work encompassed oil painting, drawing, and set design for theatrical productions in postwar Paris. Bérard's aesthetic combined formal abstraction with ornamental sensibility, positioning him between avant-garde and applied arts practice.
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Record
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- Christian Bérard
- Year
- 1900
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 13/16 in. (36.9 x 27.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1900-156540
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified