CHRISTIAN DIOR, CHRISTIAN BÉRARD. JOYFUL MELANCHOLY, A NEW BOOK PUBLISHED BY GALLIMARD
In the 1930s, Christian Dior, then a partner in the Pierre Colle gallery, exhibited the young Bérard's paintings alongside those of Dalí, Picasso and Matisse. A few years later, when he opened a house in his own name, Christian Bérard gave him his bountiful support. In return, the couturier entrusted Bérard with the decoration of his first boutique, Colifichets, on Avenue Montaigne. Christian Bérard advised him to adorn this initial setting in toile de Jouy – the celebrated signature-print and emblem of French savoir-faire, that would become an iconic Dior reference.
Laurence Benaim examines the sincerities tying Christian Bérard and Christian Dior together in a generously documented book released by Editions Gallimard in association with Dior. Everything first seemed to be against them: the flamboyant, extremely sensitive Bébé contrasts with the covert, enigmatic Monsieur Dior. It was, however, love at first sight.
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“All of Dior is in Bérard, all of Bérard is in Dior. This book is not a two-headed biography — it is a meandering in the heart of a history haunted by dreams, affinities, and secrets sewn in the lining of vanishing time.” Laurence Benaïm*
“The seeming casualness brought the whole place to life,” Monsieur Dior wrote referring to the work of his friend,"that arbiter of parties, of all elegance…”.
The book Christian #Dior, Christian Bérard. La mélancolie joyeuse – sumptuously illustrated with works of art and precious photographs – brings to life the Paris of artists, from the Belle Epoque to the Liberation, from the Boeuf sur le toit to the post-war Café Society. Two destinies that respectfully echo and influence each other; two Christians, two men always brought together by their shared passions, art and beauty in all their forms. From page to page, they appear in the truth of their purest talent, between triumphs and doubts, promises and secrets. An ode to friendship and dreams. * French journalist, biographer and writer.
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