As his painted caption reports, Bérard's subject in this rich watercolour sketch wears the train of her ruby velvet gown draped over a medieval chain slung around her hips. Like his close friend Cocteau, Bérard was a master of many artistic media. He designed the stage sets and costumes for several of Cocteau's plays. During the 1930s he turned his artistry to designing fabrics and to fashion illustration, becoming associated with Schiaparelli and Surrealism in fashion. His drawings appeared in Vogue for the first time in 1935. They were so well received that he worked for Vogue until his death in 1949. Also like Cocteau, Bérard's draughtsmanship is immediately recognizable by its very stumpy, spidery line that is liberally imbued with vivid colours. It was this lush style, enhanced by his vision of fashion as a kind of theatre, that he brought to his graphic work for Vogue. It was defined as romantic expressionism.
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