Lucrezia Bori, Pelleas and Melisande

erte

portrait

cartoon like

cartoon based

animated style

animated character

flat colour

child character design

character design for animation

cartoon style

cartoon carciture

cartoon theme

female-portraits

This illustration by the renowned Art Deco artist, Erté, depicts the operatic soprano Lucrezia Bori, in the role of Melisande from Claude Debussy’s opera, “Pelléas and Mélisande.” The work features a distinctive Art Deco aesthetic, with its geometric patterns, bold colors, and stylized figures, as well as the use of a dark, dramatic backdrop to accentuate the elongated and slender figure.