La Vie Parisienne
While looking for artwork to decoupage onto candle jars, I serendipitiously found vintage covers of the French magazine, La Vie Parisienne. Founded in 1863, La Vie Parisienne was originally designed to appeal to the upper-classes, offering literary pieces, society gossip and articles about the arts. It also featured the work of immensely talented artists like Georges Barbier, Gerda Wegener, Chéri Hérouard, Georges Léonnec, Maurice Milliere. The artwork was considered risqué, even erotic (think early porn for the intellectual).
I adore the work Chéri Hérouard did for La Vie Parisienne and wanted to share some of it with you. I hope you find it as titillating as I do! However, because school children often visit this blog, I have posted the images on my other blog. If you are under the age of 18, do not click on the link below. Trust me, you really don't want to see these boring old drawings anyway.
I adore the work Chéri Hérouard did for La Vie Parisienne and wanted to share some of it with you. I hope you find it as titillating as I do! However, because school children often visit this blog, I have posted the images on my other blog. If you are under the age of 18, do not click on the link below. Trust me, you really don't want to see these boring old drawings anyway.
Naughty naughty naughty!...LOVE them! :)
ReplyDeleteMe too! So beautiful artworks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful illustrations of the Parisian Life give an insight into the fantasies of 1800 Paris...loved it. I think that you remind me a lot of some of those cover pages! Beautiful, sexy, fun...
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