''Yvette'', 1927 - art by Jean-Adrien Mercier
by Movie World Posters
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''Yvette'', 1927 - art by Jean-Adrien Mercier
Artist
Movie World Posters
Medium
Mixed Media - Vintage Movie Poster
Description
A vintage French movie poster of ''Yvette'', 1927, a French silent drama directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It features a cast that includes Catherine Hessling as Yvette Obardi, Ica von Lenkeffy as Comtesse Obardi, and Thomy Bourdelle as Kravalov, among others. The story is set in Paris in 1883 and revolves around Yvette, the daughter of a courtesan who serves men of wealth and status. Unaware of how her mother earns a living and why they are always in the company of princes, dukes, and barons, Yvette's life takes a turn when she realizes the true nature of her mother's profession during a holiday. This realization occurs when she discovers that the Banker Saval is engaging her mother in such activities, leading Yvette to feel a sense of dirtiness and betrayal.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erik Aaes, contributing to its visual appeal and authenticity.
About the artist:
Jean-Adrien Mercier (August 12, 1899, Angers, France – May 15,1995, Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire) was a French illustrator, poster artist, and advertising designer.
He studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Angers and at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs (National School of Decorative Arts) in Paris in 1921. In 1924 he began working as a designer and painter of French film posters.
From 1925 through 1942, Mercier designed more than 120 movie posters, including many for leading directors such as Jean Renoir, Abel Gance, and Sacha Guitry. Collections of his work are currently held at museums and libraries in France.
Mercier's style is recognizable like a few others for its originality and formal purity. His images are almost always created with geometric shapes, stylized as if they were outlines, cut-outs of a more complex picture.
Because of their regular geometry, they almost look like images from the design of Russian Constructivism or schematic but flashy artworks of Second Futurism. The French artist uses primary colors -yellow, blue, red, but also white and black fields- on neutral backgrounds. There is order, cleanliness, essentiality. Mercier communicates in the most effective way possible: through disarming simplicity.
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