Background
Vertes, Marcel was born on August 10, 1895 in Ujpest. Hungary. Son of Joseph and Ernestine (Ripper) Vertes.
Vertes, Marcel was born on August 10, 1895 in Ujpest. Hungary. Son of Joseph and Ernestine (Ripper) Vertes.
Educated Budapest.
With Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, since 1936. Exhibitions in leading galleries all over world. Works in Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, Museum d’Art Moderne Paris, Museum Moderne ville de Paris.
Production scenery, costumes for ballets including: Bluebeard, Helen of Troy, Brahms Variations, LaBelle Helene, Paris.
Murals in various homes, also Hotel Plaza, Neiman-Marcus Department Store, Dallas. Exhibitions at Museum Modern Art, Paris, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York and various private galleries.
Illustrator of books, deluxe editions: Cheri and Louisiana Vagabonde (by Colette), 1928. L’Amour Venal & Rue Pigalle (by Francis Carco), 1926.
Nana (Emile Zola), 1932.
Instante et Visages de Paris, 1952. Daphne et Chloe, 1954. Parallelement, 1956; Ombre de mon Amour, 1958.
Images de l’Amour, 1958.
Eclogues, 1959; Variations by Vertes, 1961. Vertes, 1961; public portfolios of lithographs, etchings: Dancing, 1925, Louisiana journee de Madame, 1926, Le cirque, 1929.
Designed settings and costumes, motion picture Moulin Rouge, 1954 (two Academy Awards). Officer Legion of Honor.
Author: lieutenant’s All Mental, 1948.
We the Abstracts, 1959. Home: 140 West. 57th Saint, New York City 19. Also 78 Faisanderie, Paris.
Married Dora Hauser, July 15, 1926.