PIN-UP BY HUBERT DE LARTIGUE

HUBERT de LARTIGUE playing cards. Paris. France. 2003. Each of the 55 cards has a different painting. Each of the original works sells for around $6000 THE RIGHTFUL SUCCESSOR OF THE GREAT ARTISTS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PINUPS. Lartigue explains his work by saying, “The portrait is a classic theme in the world of painting. However, I try to create elements of surprise in each of my portraits, the way I crop them, the expression or the attitude of the models. But the power of the portrait lies above all in the look of the model, which is unique each time. All I have to do is underline the strength and the intensity