Oil, canvas 40 x 80 cm, signed handwritten by the author l.d. "Georges Guinegault".
Slight damage to the canvas in the lower left corner.
Georges Guinegault is considered the most prominent architect of French glamour, a master,
who elevated pin-up art to the sophistication and elegance of art déco. Educated at the Paris-based
École des Beaux-Arts, Guinegault translated this technical rigor into the creation of the archetypal
Parisian woman: a woman exuding elegant mischief and vibrant independence in the pages of legendary
magazines such as "La Vie Parisienne" and "Le Sourire." His mastery of
pastels and watercolors allowed him to give his figures a velvety luminosity and chromatic
freshness, avoiding vulgarity, always favoring the chic suggestion and moody charm of Parisian
boulevards. More than a simple genre illustrator, Guinegault was a
chronicler of the desires and fashions of the interwar period, leaving behind a visual legacy in which
which femininity is celebrated as the perfect harmony between the charm of the boudoir and the inaccessible
sophistication of high French culture.
He illustrated several books, including " Quatre Poemes" by Jean Noury. (often known as Heures
Galantes) is a limited edition of 500 copies of romantic poems, published in Paris by the
Galerie Lutétia around 1920, and the book is considered an exquisite example of love poetry from the
early 20th century.
