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Georges Lepape
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret VI
Les Choses de Paul Poiret VI
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret II
Les Choses de Paul Poiret II
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret  IV
Les Choses de Paul Poiret IV
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret III
Les Choses de Paul Poiret III
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret V
Les Choses de Paul Poiret V
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret VII
Les Choses de Paul Poiret VII
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret I
Les Choses de Paul Poiret I
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret VIII
Les Choses de Paul Poiret VIII
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret IX
Les Choses de Paul Poiret IX
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Georges Lepape - Le Miroir Rouge
Le Miroir Rouge
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Georges Lepape - Les Choses de Paul Poiret X
Les Choses de Paul Poiret X
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Georges Lepape - Vive la France
Vive la France
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Georges Lepape - 1915 L'Ouragan
1915 L'Ouragan
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Georges Lepape - La Cueillette
La Cueillette
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Georges Lepape - Dieu! Qui'il Fait Froid...
Dieu! Qui'il Fait Froid...
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Georges Lepape - Le Collier Nouveau
Le Collier Nouveau
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Georges Lepape - Le Jaloux
Le Jaloux
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Georges Lepape - Lassitude
Lassitude
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Georges Lepape - Belle Imperia
Belle Imperia
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Georges Lepape - Adieu, Pauvre Amour
Adieu, Pauvre Amour
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Georges Lepape - Tanger
Tanger
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Georges Lepape - Le Jazzoflute
Le Jazzoflute
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Georges Lepape - Une Minute, Et Je Suis Prete...
Une Minute, Et Je Suis Prete...
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Georges Lepape - Le Jugement de Paris
Le Jugement de Paris
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Georges Lepape - Lassitude (1912)
Lassitude (1912)
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Georges Lepape - Les Cerises
Les Cerises
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Georges Lepape - Untitled
Untitled
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Georges Lepape - Design for a Menu Cover, The Savoy Hotel, London
Design for a Menu Cover, The Savoy Hotel, London
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Georges Lepape - Le Cerf-Volant
Le Cerf-Volant
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Georges Lepape - Advertisment for Weil Furs of Paris
Advertisment for Weil Furs of Paris
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Georges Lepape - Longchamp (II)
Longchamp (II)
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Georges Lepape - Longchamp (I)
Longchamp (I)
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Georges Lepape - Marianne, Sa Mere Et Ses Tantes
Marianne, Sa Mere Et Ses Tantes
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Georges Lepape - Les Trois Robes Neuves
Les Trois Robes Neuves
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Georges Lepape - Le Confort joint a l'Elegance
Le Confort joint a l'Elegance
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Georges Lepape - Deux Costumes de Sport
Deux Costumes de Sport
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Georges Lepape - On Nous Regarde!
On Nous Regarde!
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Georges Lepape - Lucrece
Lucrece
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Georges Lepape - Chut! IL Dort
Chut! IL Dort
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Georges Lepape - Comment? Deja Pret!
Comment? Deja Pret!
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Georges Lepape - L'Offrande de la Rose
L'Offrande de la Rose
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Georges Lepape - L'Heure De La Promenade
L'Heure De La Promenade
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Georges Lepape - Le Rouleau de Musique
Le Rouleau de Musique
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Georges Lepape - La Visite
La Visite
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Georges Lepape - Penelope
Penelope
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Georges Lepape - Laquelle?
Laquelle?
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Georges Lepape - L'Eventail D'Or
L'Eventail D'Or
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Georges Lepape - Antinea
Antinea
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Georges Lepape - Gilles
Gilles
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Georges Lepape - Flore
Flore
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Georges Lepape - Les Citrons
Les Citrons
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Georges Lepape - Les Jardins De Versailles
Les Jardins De Versailles
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Georges Lepape - Fiancailles
Fiancailles
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Georges Lepape - IL Fait Trop Chaud
IL Fait Trop Chaud
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Georges Lepape - La Toilette
La Toilette
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Georges Lepape - L'Entracte
L'Entracte
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Georges Lepape - Les Papillons
Les Papillons
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Georges Lepape - La Balancoire
La Balancoire
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Georges Lepape - Les Coussins
Les Coussins
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Georges Lepape - Le Verger
Le Verger
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Georges Lepape - Le Festin
Le Festin
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Georges Lepape - Les Hermines
Les Hermines
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Georges Lepape - Sur Les Marches Du Jardin
Sur Les Marches Du Jardin
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Georges Lepape - Le Rideau Qui S'Ecarte
Le Rideau Qui S'Ecarte
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Georges Lepape - L'Habit Persan
L'Habit Persan
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Georges Lepape - Travesti
Travesti
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Georges Lepape - Les Adieux
Les Adieux
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Georges Lepape - Permissionnaire
Permissionnaire
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Georges Lepape - La Onzieme Heure
La Onzieme Heure
 
Georges Lepape - Fox Trot
Fox Trot
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Georges Lepape - La Victoire
La Victoire
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Georges Lepape - Mam'zelle Victoire
Mam'zelle Victoire
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Georges Lepape - Au Clair de la Lune
Au Clair de la Lune
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Georges Lepape - La Belle Journee
La Belle Journee
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Georges Lepape - Serais-Je En Avance?
Serais-Je En Avance?
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Artist's Biography
Georges Lepape

Lepape’s biography reads like the quintessential French artist – born on the Rue Montaigne May 26, 1887 and by the age of eighteen enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. At age 20 Lepape had already formed strong liaisons with such notable artists as Georges Braque, Marie Laurencin, Bernard Boutet de Monval, Andre Marty and Charles Martin. His first Salon submissions came the year prior to his 1909 marriage to Gabrielle Lauzanne, and it was just one year later that he formed his historical collaboration with Paul Poiret. Over the next ten years, Poiret would become Paris’s leading haute couture designer and Lepape would be recognized as one of the world’s most brilliant fashion illustrators.

Beginning with the exclusive limited edition album “Les Choses de Paul Poiret”, Lepape introduced the ideas of “motion” and “story” to fashion illustration by showing some models actually leaving the viewing frame and by turning their backs to the viewer. These illustration techniques were further developed with publisher Lucien Vogel between 1912 and 1925 as Lepape became one of the primary contributors to the famous Gazette du Bon Ton.

By 1920 Lepape was at the very top of his profession. He had completed a prolific decade of work, including illustrations for the houses of Worth, Lanvin, Paquin, Doucet, Beer among others, cover work for Harpers Bazaar and the first cover for Vogue Magazine (Oct.1916, English edition), numerous commissions for fur, perfume and other luxury goods producers, illustrations for theatre programs (particularly for the Ballets Russes), costume and set designs for Marcel L’Herbier and a series of posters for Galeries Lafayette.

In 1920 the Musee des Arts Decoratifs held the first major exhibition of Lepape’s work. He followed this with major contributions that year to the post-war re-introduction of Gazette du Bon Ton, to Paul Poiret’s European Tour, to the introduction of Vogue France and with the publication of a special edition of Modes et Manieres d’aujourd’hui featuring twelve of his new fashion plates. The following years saw continued high demand for Lepape’s talents and a branching out to include catalogue illustration, film posters and even some minor industrial design.

Conde Nast invited Lepape to New York in 1926, further cementing a long and profitable relationship with Vogue as that publication took over Gazette du Bon Ton. He illustrated eight of the Vogue covers in 1927 plus covers for Vanity Fair, while continuing to expand his client list to include Hermes, Wanamaker’s Department Store and Femina Magazine, among others, and to further increase his visibility in the theatrical world.

George Lepape remained a prolific and sought-after working artist right up to the time of his death, at age 84, on Feb 15, 1971. His works have been shown at several major exhibitions including the Palais Grenvelle in 1963, the Musee des Arts Decoratifs again in 1966 and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1971.



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