Fashion Illustration 9- Rene Bouche

Rene Bouche 57(1905-1963), also known as Robert August Buchestein, was an artists and a fashion illustrator born in Austro-Hungarian Prague. In 1926, he studied art history at Munich University. At that time, he was already an illustrator and was working as an illustrator of children’s books. After graduation, then became a professional illustrator.

From 1934 to 1938, he works for magazine Plaisir de France and advertises for Nestle. After that, he began to work for Vogue. He also draws for Saks Fifth Avenue and Elizabeth Arden, as the chief advertising campaign illustrator. 6 years later, he became a teacher at Art Students League. He also contributes to Time Magazine covers and also designed stage sets and costumes for American Ballet Theatre and Theatre Guild. His advertising campaign for Jaguar and watercolor painting for Schweppes, has led to a huge commission from Buick (GM). The murals for the Seven Hills of Rome restaurant in New York Hilton(1952) were the last major commission in his career. He also work for LIFE magazine and Givenchy.

He paints abstract paintings and also portraits. Some of his famous celebrities portraits includes, Audrey Hepburn, John F Kennedy, Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan and Edward R Murrow.  

His painting styles changes from using strong back lines to big patterns of color, to using charcoals that totally devoid colors and features were shown through line work.  He also do sand paintings.

What Have I Learnt:
I learnt that he paints using abstract technique as the background then, he add the details to the portraits. And if you're not happy with the painting, you can always amend it by painting over without throwing it away.

Credits:

www.renebouche.com