Christel Marott, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Christel Marott

Danish sculptor and illustrator

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1919

Date of Death: 02-May-1992

Profession: illustrator, sculptor

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Christel Marott

  • Christel Andrée Julie Louise Brián Schwarck, married Marott (December 6, 1919 in Copenhagen - May 2, 1992 in Herlev) known throughout Denmark as Christel was a Danish illustrator, painter, and sculptor.
  • Her debut in 1939 was for the weekly magazine Søndags-B.T.
  • with which she remained on a contract the entire life as well as she worked throughout her life for magazines in Denmark as well as abroad.
  • She made illustrations for novels and short stories, fashion tips, pattern sheets, vignettes for astrology as well as paper dolls.
  • She illustrated books, a.o.
  • the Susy Rødtop series by Gretha Stevns and the Puk series by Lisbeth Werner. She designed a series of porcelain figurines for Royal Copenhagen.
  • Christel's drawings was sold as letterheads, in girlfriend books and in a range of other products.
  • She made commercial drawings for several products, designed clothes and shoes under the label of Christel of Copenhagen.
  • She sculptured and decorated mannequin dolls for Hindsgaul and in 1971 she designed the decorations and costumes for the Noël Coward play Private Lives.
  • Her drawings were also published as a collectors itema and as pin-ups.Christel drew in a very personal style, which appealed to both young women and young men, and she was able to draw both erotic and sweet at the same time.
  • In her own opinion she felt that her popularity was connected to the possible fact that her drawings "contained a large element of fashion and new style at a time when girls looked dreadful in the clothes that they could buy, as no-one had yet bothered to invent women's everyday fashion".Christel was married to the actor Johannes Marott with whom she became the mother of three children; Kasper, Stine and Kim.
  • From 1973 and until the rest of her life she resided in Rome, Italy.

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