Manuel Orazi (born Emmanuel Joseph Raphaël Orazi; 1860 – 1934) was an Italian Art Nouveau illustrator, poster artist, and jewelry designer, and a set creator for theater and film.
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| Born | Emmanuel Joseph Raphael Orazi 5 October 1860 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 28 October 1934 Paris, France |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Spouse | Marie Agnan |
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Not much is known about him and his background is obscure. He was born in Rome,[1] Italy, on October 5, 1860.[2]
A September 1907 manifest from SS La Provence sailing from Le Havre to Ellis Island mentions a wife residing in France: "Mrs Orazi in Fontainebleau."[3] According to his death certificate, at the time of his death he was married to Marie Agnan and lived in Rue de l'Université 195, Paris.[2]
He died in Paris on October 28, 1934.
Notable works
editIn 1895 he created the Calendrier Magique, an occult-themed calendar[4] still noted for its graphic design.[5] Limiting it to 777 copies,[6] he collaborated with popular French author Austin de Croze, who wrote the text.
Sympathetic to the French Decadent movement, as well as Symbolism and Aestheticism, he contributed with illustrations and typographic ornaments in books and short stories such as:
- Ma petite ville (1898) by Jean Lorrain[7]
- Princesse d'Italie (1898) by Jean Lorrain[8]
- Aventures merveilleuses de Huon de Bordeaux (1898) by Gaston Paris[9]
- Anne-Marie, La Providence (1899) by Daniel Laumonier[10]
- Les vierges de Syracuse (1902) by Jean Bertheroy[11]
- Névrose (1904) by Émile Morel[12]
- Henri de Régnier, biographie (1904) by Paul Léauteaud[13]
- Émile Faguet, biographie (1904) by Alphonse Séché[14]
- Camille Lemonnier, biographie (1904) by León Bazalgette[15]
- Théodora, impératrice de Byzance (1904) by Charles Diehl[16]
- Le Nouveau Jeu (1905) by Henri Lavedan[17]
- La danseuse de Pompéi (1905) by Jean Bertheroy[18]
- La Morphine (1906) by Victorien Du Saussay[19]
- Du Mystérieux au Tragique (1911) by Arthur Conan Doyle[20]
- L'Epouse du Soleil (1912) by Gaston Leroux[21]
- La guerre du feu (1913) by J.-H. Rosny[22]
- Les troix yeux (1919) by Maurice Leblanc[23]
- Heroides (1919) by Ovid[24]
- Le Butineur (1924) by Félicien Champsaur[25]
- Aphrodite (1931) by Pierre Louÿs[26]
- Les Fleurs du mal (1934) by Baudelaire[27]
Orazi illustrated an early Art Deco French edition of the 1891 one-act play by Oscar Wilde, Salome.[28]
He made jewelry designs that were displayed at Maison de l'Art Nouveau in 1896. In 1899 he designed some of the first pieces of jewelry for the Maison Arnould. His jewelry designs were also sold at La Maison Moderne.[29] Orazi designed one of the best known posters for La Maison Moderne as well as the cover of one of La Maison Moderne's catalogs which features Cleo de Merode in profile, perhaps wearing a design by Henri Van de Velde.
For her theater at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900, Loie Fuller commissioned Orazi to create the poster, which was printed in three editions and three color schemes.[30]
In 1921 he designed the sets and costumes[31] for the silent film L'Atlantide [32] and illustrated many promotional posters.
Orazi contributed to publications such as anarchist satirical magazine L'Assiette au Beurre,[33] Femina,[34] Scribner's Magazine,[35] Je sais tout[36] and Les Maîtres de l'Affiche.[37]
References
edit- ^ Catalogue illustré de l'Exposition internationale de blanc et noir (in French). Ernest Bernard. 1890. p. 26.
- ^ a b Entry N°1314 (Orazi) from 5th arrondissement of Paris' municipal death record. 1934 , Décès , 055D 256, Paris Archives.
- ^ New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Entry for Emmanuel Orazi and Mrs Orazi.
- ^ de Croze, Austin (1896). Calendrier magique (in French). Imprimerie Lemercier.
- ^ Calendrier Magique (1895) by Austin de Croze and Manuel Orazi at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
- ^ Caillet, Albert Louis (1912). Manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques ou occultes VOL 3 (in French). Lucien Dorbon. pp. 207–8.
- ^ Lorrain, Jean (1898). Ma petite ville (in French).
- ^ Lorrain, Jean (1898). Princesse d'Italie (in French).
- ^ Gaston, Paris (1898). Aventures merveilleuses de Huon de Bordeaux (in French).
- ^ Laumonier, Daniel (1899). Anne-Marie, La Providence (in French). Alfred Mame et fils.
- ^ Bertheroy, Jean (1902). Les vierges de Syracuse (in French).
- ^ Morel, Émile (1904). Névrose (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque internationale d'édition.
- ^ Léauteaud, Paul (1904). Henri de Régnier biographie (in French). Edward Sansot & Cie.
- ^ Séché, Alphonse (1904). Émile Faguet, biographie (in French). Edward Sansot & Cie.
- ^ Bazalgette, Léon (1904). Camille Lemonnier, biographie (in French). Edward Sansot & Cie.
- ^ Diehl, Charles (1904). Théodora, impératrice de Byzance (in French) (L'Edition d'Art ed.). Henri Piazza et Cie.
- ^ Lavedan, Henri (1905). Le Nouveau Jeu. Fayard.
- ^ Bertheroy, Jean (1905). La danseuse de Pompéi. Arthème Fayard et Cie. Editeurs.
- ^ De Saussay, Victorien (1906). La Morphine (in French). Éditions Albert Méricant.
- ^ Arthur Conan, Doyle (1911). Du Mystérieux au Tragique (in French). Pierre Lafitte.
- ^ Leroux, Gaston (15 February 1912). "L'Epouse du Soleil". Je sais tout (in French).
- ^ Catalogue of Copyright Entries. 1913. p. 592.
- ^ Leblanc, Maurice (15 July 1919). "Les troix yeux". Je sais tout.
- ^ Lettres d'amoureuses. Les Héroïdes. (1919) by Ovid. French translation by G. Miroux, illustrations by Manuel Orazi and engravings by Perrichon.
- ^ Champsaur, Félicien (1924). Le Butineur. Éditions Albin Michel.
- ^ Louÿs, Pierre (1931). Aphrodite. Arthème Fayard & Cie.
- ^ Charles, Baudelaire (1934). Les fleurs du mal. Le Vasseur.
- ^ Wilde, Oscar (1930). Salomé: drame en un acte (in French). Société des Amis du Livre Moderne.
- ^ Documents sur l'art industriel au vingtieme siecle: reproductions photographiques des principales œuvres des collaborateurs de La Maison moderne (Paris: Édition de La Maison moderne, 1901)
- ^ Nelson., Current, Richard (1997). Loie Fuller : goddess of light. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1-55553-309-4. OCLC 797332876.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ciné-miroir (in French). 1 May 1922. pp. 2–3.
- ^ Parrill, William B. (2006). European Silent Films on Video: A Critical Guide. McFarland & Company Inc. pp. 40–1.
- ^ "Masses Noire". L'Assiette au Beurre. France. 11 December 1903.
- ^ "Femina N°286". 12 December 1912.
- ^ Scribner's Magazine. November 1896. p. 551.
- ^ Je sais tout. 15 February 1907.
- ^ Les Maîtres de l'affiche vol 5 (in French). 1900.
External links
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