Mats Gustafson Illustrator

Mats gustafson was born in sweden in 1951.

Mats gustafson illustrator.

Dior by mats gustafson. Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with christian munthe started in 1986 as member of gunter christmann s vario project and the band gush started in 1988. The broad sweep of his brush transfers the most exquisite garments senses and emotions memory and fragility to paper suggesting an almost poetic arbitrariness. He studied costume and stage design at the scandinavian drama institute in stockholm and in 1978 had his first fashion illustrations published in british vogue.

Exhibition catalogs books. Fashion illustrations landscapes erotic portraits plants floating swans. His subtle elegant works can be seen in advertisements and articles for tiffany co vogue and the new yorker though most popularly for dior in addition to his drawings of archival dior designs a collaboration. This february marks the 70th anniversary of christian dior s smash debut at which he introduced the new look.

Mats gustafson was in paris for just enough time to recover from stockholm s icy breeze throw a soirée for his new book dior by mats gustafson and see maria grazia chiuri s latest collection for the house. Though gustafson denies any knowledge that simons requested him. Mats gustafson is a swedish artist and fashion illustrator in his watercolors and paper cut outs his hallmark style is the simple use of silhouette shapes and muted palettes. Mats gustafson began his career in the 1970s where all the magazines were ripe with photography with very little look in for illustration and even less for abstract watercolours.

1951 is an artist and illustrator working in watercolor and pastel media. Christian dior s 1947 masterpiece the bar jacket illustrated by mats gustafson. A solemn simplicity even. He later played widely with peter brötzmann joe mcphee paul lovens barry guy yoshimi p we derek bailey magnus broo otomo yoshihide pat thomas jim o rourke thomas lehn evan.

Gustafson s fashion and portrait illustrations have been included in french and italian vogue the new yorker and visionaire and he has created advertising art for hermes tiffany co yohji yamamoto and comme des garcons. He graduated from scandinavian drama institute in stockholm in 1976 and immediately got a job as a costume designer for swedish television. This led to contributions in american vogue and andy warhol s interview magazine. Mats gustafson eric 1991.

Gustafson var inledningsvis inriktad på att arbeta med film eller teater och har en utbildning inom scendesign. Mats gustafson född 1951 är en svensk akvarellist och modeillustratör verksam i new york. In 1980 he moved to new york.