Pierre Brissaud
French illustrator, painter and engraver. Born in Paris, France in 1885. He graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He trained at the Atelier Fernand Cormon, together with other illustrators of his time like Andre-Edouard Marty, Charles Martin and Georges Lepape.
Pierre Brissaud came from a family of artists; his older brother Jacques Brissaud was a portraitist and a painter and his uncle Maurice Boutet, illustrated the fables of La Fontaine. Brissaud worked for the most prestigious fashion magazines of his time, like Vogue, Monsieur, La Gazette de Bon Ton, Femina, House and Garden, Fortune, and Jardin des Modes.
He illustrated the designs of that Art Deco great designers such as Jeanne Lanvin, Cheruit, Worth and Doucet. His sketches are recognizable for their great attention to detail, and reveal a classic style and a soft hand. Brissaud also illustrated advertisements for Cadillac, Steinway, Old Taylor Bourbon, Chase Lighting, Hupmobile, Crisco, and pin-ups in France.
In 1907, he exhibited his work at the Salon des Independants and the Salon Automne.
