Antoine BOURDELLE signed autograph letter beauty 1924

  

Antoine BOURDELLE - signed autograph letter - beauty - 1924. Antoine BOURDELLE - signed autograph letter - beauty - 1924 Antoine Bourdelle is a French sculptor, born on October 30, 1861, in Montauban and died on October 1, 1929, in Le Vésinet. A student of Rodin, he is known for his monumental works such as "Herakles the Archer." He contributed to the revival of sculpture in the early 20th century and influenced many artists, particularly through his teaching at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. As a press officer at the French Embassy in Quirinal, he also directed prestigious newspapers and posed questions to the great figures of his time.

This letter was written in response to a question posed by Montabré to various personalities: "What does it mean to be chic in fashion, is it the clothing or the person that gives presence?" In this context, Bourdelle shares his philosophical and aesthetic reflections on fashion and beauty, revealing his artistic approach and worldview. Montabré, I do not quite know how I always manage to find beautifully dressed women. I have found myself hearing nothing at the theater.

From an admirable symphony, I was dazzled by a little shoe that contained a foot [.] I am therefore compelled, to listen to a song or a word, to keep my eyes closed.

This makes me detest myself in those moments because I have a terrible fear that the audience might suppose that I am asleep.] I have thus astonished many contemporaries.] well, they can do nothing! Always, under whatever clothing, if there are beautiful fullnesses, pure angles, gentle slopes, all made of attractions under any garment, it is the immortal rhythm that vibrates and all the beauty, and there. Ah, if it were possible for fashion creations to touch human structures.

Ultimately, it is [the] underneath, it is the bearer of the costume that matters. The clothing of the carpenter, the mason, the peasant clearly writes the soul of their gestures. For the great Aphrodite of the Louvre, which I have purposely placed near [.], it is the infinite that is the clothing of her inner structures.

She has clothed, she has subtracted her exterior. And beyond that, she has been able to call to her all the universal balance.

At least that which our [short senses] as humans can call the universal. She is the sister, the woman or the sister of the carpenter, the mason, the peasant, this universal Aphrodite of our Louvre museum. She is like them, all clothed in her work, which is the great [. All well-dressed women are the daughters of Aphrodite.

They anchor the fate of all the fashions in the world. With their beautiful pure turns, their proud beautiful angles, they anchor all their sails. The great Acropolian serpent of the goddess of wisdom, or the whole nest of love's serpents undulating under all the dresses. So let us leave aside the worries: wide fashions or skinny fashions - waist above or below the navel, none of this moves me.

If the structure is noble and alive of the bearer, everything is saved. It is the harmony of the tireless builder of the human being that makes it so that under all fashions the angel can be seen in some beings, and that the devil loses nothing in others. Antoine Bourdelle PS, of course, I especially like each person to create the costume that suits them best.

I am against uniform fashion. Antoine Bourdelle, Bourdelle, letter, manuscript, sculpture, Herakles Archer, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Montauban, Le Vésinet, 20th century. Antoine BOURDELLE - signed autograph letter - beauty - 1924 Antoine Bourdelle is a French sculptor, born on October 30, 1861, in Montauban and died on October 1, 1929, in Le Vésinet. Antoine Bourdelle, Bourdelle, letter, manuscript, sculpture, Herakles Archer, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Montauban, Le Vésinet, 20th century.