Augustin edouart horse pictures

Peter Branfield Screenprint poster with silhouettes by Augustin Édouart 1967 Victoria & Albert Museum, London

The poster above shows the 1960s plundering the 1830s.

- Hand-cut silhouette by Augustin Edouart.

Horse and jockey.

Portraits in Art · Framed Silhouettes · Wall Painting Frames · Silhouette Horse · Creek Design.

Portraits of horses, dogs, or other animals done in their own hair.

Framed Silhouette Portrait of a Boy Riding a Hobby Horse, signed "Aug'n Edouart, fecit Philadelphia" l.l., the boy identified in an inscription on the back.

The original cut-paper silhouette was sourced from a larger group (immediately below) at the Victoria & Albert Museum. This quaint design-element was then matched to equally quaint typography and soaked in a flower-power color-palette of old gold, violet blue and fuchsia pink.

Augustin Édouart (1789-1861) crafted and sold quantities of distinctive silhouette portraits during a long career in Europe and the United States.

Before arriving at his signature style and technique, he reportedly supported himself by fashioning portraits from human hair, but I have discovered no examples. The silhouettes are abundantly preserved.

Augustin Édouart Browne Family in silhouette 1834 Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Augustin Édouart Carden family 1837 Victoria & Albe