Erté

Born 23 November 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia

Died 21 April 1990 (aged 97)

Romain de Tirtoff, known by the pseudonym Erté, was a Russian-born French artist and designer. He was a 20th-century artist and designer in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume, and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.