Erté

Known for

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Born

November 23, 1892

Age at death

97

Died

April 21, 1990

From

St. Petersburg, Russia

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.