French, 1900–1928
Charles Gesmar (born Charles Geismar) was a French poster and costume designer of the 1920s Paris music hall. He was born in Nancy on 21 May 1900 and studied drawing from 1911 to 1914 at the school of applied arts run by Auguste Vallin. As a teenager he designed costumes for the actress Spinelly, and from about 1916 he worked for Mistinguett, the great star of the music hall, drawing her posters and the costumes of her revues; in 1923 he designed the costumes for her American revue Innocent Eyes. He also designed costumes and sets for the Moulin Rouge and worked for theatres in Berlin and Vienna. He died of pneumonia in Paris on 27 February 1928, aged 27.
Sources: Wikidata Q2959199
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