Artist
Jean-François Houbigant
Jean-François Houbigant is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris.
Jean-François Houbigant’s ads for fancy fans read like mini-stories full of lace, ladies, and Parisian gossip. He turned watercolor fans into portable art, cramming tiny dramas onto silk—think a masked ball in one flick of the wrist. Slide open *Eventail plié* and you’ll spot a woman in a red shawl, the whole street in 3 by 5 inches; that single fold holds more life than a whole parlor portrait.
Works by Jean-François Houbigant
Collections represented
Museum
Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
The Palais Galliera, also formally known as the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, and formerly known as Musée Galliera, is a museum of fashion and fashion history located at 10, avenue Pierre…