Erté

Birthday: November 23rd, 1892 Date of Death: April 21st, 1990 Place of Birth: 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.