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Robert Polacks mest kjente verk er Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes (1925). Du finner det på The Fan Museum i Greenwich. Vi har 1 verk av Robert Polack i vår katalog; denne guiden har plukket ut de 1 mest kjente, med årstall, museum og historien bak hvert verk.
Fontange or balloon shaped fan with stained wooden sticks.The double paper leaf is printed on the recto with a pochoir (stencil print) of an elegant looking couple against a starlit sky. The male figure, adopting a fashionably effete pose, holds a box of matches in one hand while clasping his female companion in a gentle embrace. She tilts her head to take a light from his cigarette and smoke rises…
Museet som innehar flest av maleriene på denne siden.
| Museum | By | Verker av Robert Polack | Malerier fra denne listen |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Fan Museum |
Greenwich | 1 | Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes |
De daterte verkene av Robert Polack på denne siden er alle fra 1925. Her er de, sortert etter berømmelse.
Velg et år for å se verkene fra det året.
Fontange or balloon shaped fan with stained wooden sticks.The double paper leaf is printed on the recto with a pochoir (stencil print) of an elegant looking couple against a starlit sky. The male figure, adopting a fashionably effete pose, holds a box of matches in one hand while clasping his female companion in a gentle embrace. She tilts her head to take a light from his cigarette and smoke rises…
Øverst på listen står Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes (1925).
45 år gammel. Robert Polack ble født i 1880, og Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes er fra 1925.
Vi har 1 verk av Robert Polack i vår katalog.
Du finner de fleste av dem i The Fan Museum (Greenwich). Listen over museer gir en fullstendig oversikt.
Born in Paris, France, in 1880, Robert Polack lived through a period where the edges of illustration began to soften into something more decorative. His hands worked with the delicate textures of paper and stencil, leaving behind traces of a specific French aesthetic. The work often appeared on small, intimate objects or within the quiet pages of books, far from the scale of large canvases.
In 1925, his touch was seen on a fan held in the collection of The Fan Museum in Greenwich. This piece featured a double paper leaf, shaped like a balloon, with wooden sticks stained to hold their form. Using a pochoir technique, he rendered an elegant couple beneath a starlit sky. The smoke from a cigarette rises to form words, a small, clever detail tucked into the design.
Polack’s method relied on the precision of the stencil and the softness of watercolor. He moved between different mediums to suit the surface at hand, whether it was the thin tissue of a book or the paper of a handheld fan. His illustrations often captured figures in specific, poised moments.
Some of his known works include:
The traces of his career are found in the small details of the Art Deco era. He focused on the way light and shadow could be captured through stenciling, creating images that felt part of a larger, fashionable atmosphere. His death in 1958 marked the end of a life spent working within these fine, controlled boundaries of print and illustration.
