1. Tony Viramontes
"It Is Essential To Capture The Image, Not A
Detail, Not A Garment Or An Expression, But An
Impression."
Tony Viramontes, 1959-1988

2. Early life
Tony Viramontes or Viramontez , was born
in 1960 in Los Angeles, USA, of Spanish and
Mexican parents.
He studied fine art and photography in
New York, before switching to fashion and
beauty illustration.

3. career
Viramontes made his debut in the late
1970's.
Viramontes also worked with some of
the most renowned names in fashion
including Yves St.
Laurent, Valentino, Versace, Chanel, Perry
Ellis, Claude Montana and Rochas
cosmetics.

4. Some of his illustrations

5. His work style
His striking images are of
strong, dominant, aggressive yet
feminine women, sensuous
men, smoldering and smokey-eyed, who
vibrate with New Wave energy.
He explored and mastered several
techniques and styles, from drawing -
direct and hard, supple and coloured - to
video and painting with felt tip market
pens over photographs.

6. Inspiration
Viramontes' elegant art is fused with
humour and fantasy, he found his
inspiration everywhere, in the street, in
music and dance.
He had been experimenting with photo-
illustration, drawing over photographs and
he planned to direct films.

7. Works

11. conclusion
In 1984, an exhibition of his work
was held in Paris.
Tony Viramontes had great artistic
potential, but he died in 1988 at the
age of only 28.

12. George Barbier

14. About George Barbier
• George Barbier (1882 – 1932) was one of the great
French illustrators of the early 20th century.
• Born in Nantes, France on October
10, 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he
mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was
subsequently swept to the forefront of his
profession with commissions to design theatre .

15. Career & colleagues
• Included in this elite circle were Bernard Boutet de
Monvel and Pierre Brissaud (both of whom were
Barbier’s first cousins), Paul Iribe, Georges Lepape, and
Charles Martin.
• During his career Barbier also turned his hand to
jewellery, glass and wallpaper .
• In the mid 1920s he worked with Erte to design sets
and costumes for the Folies Bergere and in 1929 he
wrote the introduction for Erte’s acclaimed exhibition
and achieved mainstream popularity through his
regular appearances in L’Illustration magazine.

16. As an illustrator
• A versatile artist, he produces all kinds of
different work over the years: book
illustrations, costume designs for the cinema and
theatre, fans, jewellery, glass, fabrics, wallpaper
and above all, fashion illustrations, the most
successful and refined expression of his creation.
• From 1917 on he starts working on personal
publishing projects, illustrating articles for the
most important writers and journalists, and
signing them himself .

17. Works
His countless designs for theatre costumes:
• costumes for les Folies Bergère in 1923,
• the stage design and costumes for Casanova
• La dernière nuit de Don Juan by Maurice
Rostand, and
• the woodcuts Vingt-cinq costumes pour le
théâtre (1927).

19. Works
• His early work with the press is with comic
journals such as le Rire or la Baionette His
meeting with Lucien Vogel leads to many
more partnerships for women’s magazines in
particular; he not only does illustrations for
Gazette du Bon Ton, but also for Le Jardin des
dames et des modes,

21. Conclusion
• Barbier died in 1932 at the very pinnacle of his
success.
• After the First World War, he works for
Gazette du Bon Ton and Vie Parisienne as both
editor and journalist, writing articles, society
news and stories that he signs either with his
real name or various pen-names