An Academy Award winning costume designer for Moulin Rouge, easel and mural painter, illustrator and scenic artist, Marcel Vertes was born in Hungary. His most active years professionally were 1933... Read full biography
An Academy Award winning costume designer for Moulin Rouge, easel and mural painter, illustrator and scenic artist, Marcel Vertes was born in Hungary. His most active years professionally were 1933 to 1952, and he lived in both New York City and Paris, France. In Paris, he was a student at the... Read full biography
An Academy Award winning costume designer for Moulin Rouge, easel and mural painter, illustrator and scenic artist, Marcel Vertes was born in Hungary. His most active years professionally were 1933 to 1952, and he lived in both New York City and Paris, France. In Paris, he was a student at the Academy Julian. In New York, he was lauded for the original murals at the Cafe Carlyle in the Hotel Carlyle. Vertes was a member of the American Art League, and under the sponsorship of the American... Read full biography
An Academy Award winning costume designer for Moulin Rouge, easel and mural painter, illustrator and scenic artist, Marcel Vertes was born in Hungary. His most active years professionally were 1933 to 1952, and he lived in both New York City and Paris, France. In Paris, he was a student at the Academy Julian. In New York, he was lauded for the original murals at the Cafe Carlyle in the Hotel Carlyle. Vertes was a member of the American Art League, and under the sponsorship of the American Federation of Arts, his work traveled to museums across the country in a celebrity portrait exhibition, "As They Were". Awards: . Officer, Legion of Honor, 1955. Two "Oscars," Academy Awards, for designing film, Moulin Rouge, 1954 . Designer, ballets:... Read full biography
An Academy Award winning costume designer for Moulin Rouge, easel and mural painter, illustrator and scenic artist, Marcel Vertes was born in Hungary. His most active years professionally were 1933 to 1952, and he lived in both New York City and Paris, France. In Paris, he was a student at the Academy Julian. In New York, he was lauded for the original murals at the Cafe Carlyle in the Hotel Carlyle. Vertes was a member of the American Art League, and under the sponsorship of the American Federation of Arts, his work traveled to museums across the country in a celebrity portrait exhibition, "As They Were". Awards: . Officer, Legion of Honor, 1955. Two "Oscars," Academy Awards, for designing film, Moulin Rouge, 1954 . Designer, ballets: Paris Opera, 1955; . Scenes: Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Cir... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies