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Gaston Noury
Gaston Noury (17 December 1866, Elbeuf, Normandy – 21 September 1936, Le Havre, Normandy) was a French painter, poster artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and theatrical costume designer. He worked in Le Havre and later in Paris, where he settled around 1889. His prolific output spanned a wide range of subjects, with his illustrations featured on posters, postcards, books, songbooks, genre scenes, and fashion plates. Noury contributed artwork to various magazines, including La Chronique Parisienne, Saint-Nicolas, Gil Blas Illustré, Journal Amusant (1889–1890), and Les Hommes d’aujourd’hui.
Noury grew up in Elbeuf, where his grandfather founded and directed the local museum. He later became known for his costume designs for the Moulin Rouge and the Ambassadeurs cabaret in Montmartre. Most of these costume sketches, dated to around 1910, reveal a unique blend of innocence and provocation—floral motifs and fanciful fabrics paired with bold cutouts that reveal legs, midriffs, cleavage, and, at times, bare breasts. Created in pencil and watercolor wash, his drawings typically depict young women with stylized faces and delicate, elongated hands and feet.
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