Louis Icart

Born in France, Louis Justin Laurent Icart lived in New York City in the 1920s, where he became known for his Art-Deco color etchings of glamorous women. He worked in his own style, derived principally from the study of eighteenth-century French masters such as Jean Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, and Jean Honoré Fragonard. Icart surrounded himself with rich materials, fine furniture, Chinese lacquer screens, and other luxuries. Fashions were undergoing major transition during this time, and women were eager to divest themselves of the heavy overflow of lace, cotton, buckles, and high necklines worn by their mothers. Icart’s works reflect these changes in fashion.