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'''Gaston Noury''' (1866-? Elbeuf, Normandy) was a [[France|French]] artist, French painter, poster artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and theatrical costume designer, working in Le Havre and Paris, where he settled around 1889. His prolific output covered a wide variety of subjects and his images were used for posters, books, postcards, songbooks, genre scenes, and fashion plates. He illustrated various [[magazine]]s such as ''La Chronique parisienne, Saint-Nicolas, Gil Blas illustré, Journal amusant'' (1889-1890), and ''Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui {"Men of Today")''. Noury also created posters, [[postcard]]s and, illustrations for erotic books, including [[spanking novel]]s in the period of [[ | '''Gaston Noury''' (1866-? Elbeuf, Normandy) was a [[France|French]] artist, French painter, poster artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and theatrical costume designer, working in Le Havre and Paris, where he settled around 1889. His prolific output covered a wide variety of subjects and his images were used for posters, books, postcards, songbooks, genre scenes, and fashion plates. He illustrated various [[magazine]]s such as ''La Chronique parisienne, Saint-Nicolas, Gil Blas illustré, Journal amusant'' (1889-1890), and ''Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui {"Men of Today")''. Noury also created posters, [[postcard]]s and, illustrations for erotic books, including [[spanking novel]]s in the period of early [[20th-century]] French spanking literature. | ||
Noury designed costumes for the [[Moulin Rouge]] and Ambassadeurs Cabaret in the Montmartre district. Most of these costume drawings are dated 1910. The costumes are both childishly innocent and provocative - floral designs and fabrics with seductive cutouts showing legs, midriff, cleavage, and sometimes bare breasts. The drawings combine pencil and watercolor washes, portraying young women with stylized faces and delicate hands and feet. | Noury designed costumes for the [[Moulin Rouge]] and Ambassadeurs Cabaret in the Montmartre district. Most of these costume drawings are dated 1910. The costumes are both childishly innocent and provocative - floral designs and fabrics with seductive cutouts showing legs, midriff, cleavage, and sometimes bare breasts. The drawings combine pencil and watercolor washes, portraying young women with stylized faces and delicate hands and feet. | ||
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Gaston Noury (1866-? Elbeuf, Normandy) was a French artist, French painter, poster artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and theatrical costume designer, working in Le Havre and Paris, where he settled around 1889. His prolific output covered a wide variety of subjects and his images were used for posters, books, postcards, songbooks, genre scenes, and fashion plates. He illustrated various magazines such as La Chronique parisienne, Saint-Nicolas, Gil Blas illustré, Journal amusant (1889-1890), and Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui {"Men of Today"). Noury also created posters, postcards and, illustrations for erotic books, including spanking novels in the period of early 20th-century French spanking literature.
Noury designed costumes for the Moulin Rouge and Ambassadeurs Cabaret in the Montmartre district. Most of these costume drawings are dated 1910. The costumes are both childishly innocent and provocative - floral designs and fabrics with seductive cutouts showing legs, midriff, cleavage, and sometimes bare breasts. The drawings combine pencil and watercolor washes, portraying young women with stylized faces and delicate hands and feet.
The date of his death is unknown.
Selected works illustrated by Gaston Noury:
- Le Masochisme en Amérique by Pierre Dumarchey (1905)
- Tableau de l'amour charnel by Alphonse Gallais (1911)
- Les Cinglades passionnées by Carlo Albérica (1911)
- Le Fouet (Roman cinglant) by Carlo Albérica (1914)
- Fouetteurs & fouettés by Dr. Eynon (1908?, 1925)
- Maison de rendez-vous by Jean de Merlin (1925 edition)
- La Voluptueuse Souffrance by Max des Vignons (1925 edition)
- Illustrations from La Voluptueuse Souffrance
Voluptueuse souffrance cover
Voluptueuse souffrance #2
Voluptueuse souffrance #3
Voluptueuse souffrance #7b
Voluptueuse souffrance #8
Voluptueuse souffrance #9
See also Gaston Noury Gallery
Bibliography
- Bénézit, E. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. France: Librairie Gründ, 1966. Vol. 6, p. 389.
"Biographies of the Postcard Artists." Vintage Postcards.com. http://www.vintagepostcards.com/postcardartistsbiographies.htm
- "Les Collections." Musée Christian Dior. 2005. http://museechristiandior.perso.orange.fr/collections-musee-dior6.html
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