Silhouettes were once among the most popular forms of art. Anyone could afford a silhouette because they were sold in resort gift shops and on seaside boardwalks. The one my mother had made of me came from Coney Island.
Fortunes and failures were the extremes felt by the Parisian Artists of late 19th and early 20th centuries. Gaston Noury made millions in the world of fashion and advertising. Yet he yearned for more. Read his story and be awed by his art.