#gesmar

"Mistinguett" affiche de Charles Gesmar (1925) présentée à la conférence en visio “La Perle, Reine de l'Art Déco” par Inezita Gay-Eckel - Historienne de l'Art et Professeur à L'École - et Sungmoon Cho - Historienne de l'Art et Professeur à L'École - de L’École des Arts Joailliers, juillet 2025.

Charles Gesmar was born in 1900. By the time he was 18 it was clear he was an unbelievably precocious and prolific genius of illustration and design – with an ideal aesthetic for the emerging Jazz Age – creating images and thousands of costumes for Mistinguett. He attracted a great deal of attention in Germany as well as in France, producing this charming, whimsical, and sweetly feminine poster for the Theater des Westens before dying abruptly of pneumonia before his 28th birthday. 

Gesmar illustration for Theatre Magazine, August 1924

Charles Gesmar (1900-1928), simply known as Gesmar, was one of the greatest designers of costumes and posters during the golden age of the Paris music hall during the Jazz Age and was primarily renowned for his work for the great Parisian star Mistinguett. Although his tenure was short, his output was prolific and his creativity and talent unrivaled.