Lovely 1930s WILLY MAYWALD Vintage Photogravure \"Child in the Garden\" FRAMED COA
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Lovely 1930s WILLY MAYWALD Vintage Photogravure \"Child in the Garden\" FRAMED COA:
$104.50
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Artist:Wilhelm (Willy) Maywald (German,1907 – 1985)
Title:Bust of a Child by Renoir
Medium:Antique Photogravure
Publisher:Teriade
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image size7 3/4x 9 3/4inches.
Framed dimensions: Approximately 17 x19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Additional notes:
Antique photogravures have a silvery sheen that makes them seem to be almost \"silky\". This sheen gives the prints a truly vintage feel.
Artist Biography:
Wilhelm (Willy) Maywald was a German photographer who was well known for his portrait and fashion photography. Maywald was born on August 15, 1907 in Kleve, Germany to a family of hoteliers. He grew up becoming interested in the aesthetics of art. Maywald studied at the Technical Schools of Art in Krefeld, Cologne and Berlin. His wide range of education was what let him to be the avant-garde artist that he was. After school, Maywald returned to this hometown in 1931 but soon realized that the city was too small for the career he wanted for himself. He then moved to Paris where he began his career of photo reporting and befriending other modern artists. He chose to live a bohemian lifestyle and photographed various subjects such as artists, dancers, fashion and etc. Maywald photographed the qualities of living in France with his camera. He became an assistant to Harry Meerson who was a Polish photographer and started to learn from Meerson how to make a living from photography. Maywald moved to Switzerland in 1942 and was held captive in camps for foreigners. In the year of 1943 he was allowed to start working again in portrait photography as a self-employed artist. Maywald was very well known for his black and white photography and stunning lighting. When he moved back to Paris in August of 1946 he mainly focused on fashion and celebrity photography. He photographed for various fashion designers and his images were recognized internationally. Maywald was known for photographing in unique scenes. He was one of the first fashion photographers to photograph his subjects in the streets of Paris. He had a way of photographing his subjects in these various places but the image still focused on the model/clothing. He became Christian Dior’s eltie photographer. Maywald photographed the well-known designers creations and his photographs were featured on the cover of several magazines including Vogue and Vanity Fair. Although Maywald was the main photographer for Dior, he also photographed for several other fashion designers at the time. Although photographing fashion, he produced images of celebrities as well. These celebrities ranged from artists to movie stars to athletes. Maywald retired from his career in 1968 with fashion photography and died in 1985.
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Lovely 1930s WILLY MAYWALD Vintage Photogravure \"Child in the Garden\" FRAMED COA:
$104.50