Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes (1925) is het schilderij waar Robert Polack het meest om bekendstaat; het maakt deel uit van de collectie van het The Fan Museum, Greenwich. Onze catalogus bevat 1 werken van Robert Polack. Hier zijn de 1 bekendste, inclusief het jaar, het museum en het verhaal achter elk canvas.
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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…
Het museum met de meeste schilderijen op deze pagina.
| Museum | Stad | Werken van Robert Polack | Schilderijen uit deze lijst |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Fan Museum |
Greenwich | 1 | Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes |
De gedateerde doeken van Robert Polack op deze pagina stammen allemaal uit 1925: hier zijn ze, in volgorde van bekendheid.
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…
Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes (1925)
Robert Polack, geboren in 1880, was 45 jaar oud: Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes dateert uit 1925.
1 werken van Robert Polack staan in onze catalogus.
Voornamelijk in The Fan Museum (Greenwich); de bovenstaande lijst vermeldt elk museum en de bijbehorende doeken.
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.
