Jean-Louis Clerc was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, in
1908. He studied architecture and fine art in Zurich, Geneva and finally
Stockholm, developing his characteristic graphic style: a fine, lively line
with delicate touches of color, earning a string of prestigious clients for his
distinctive illustrations. A lover of horses, and a keen racing enthusiast, he
published several equestrian-themed books including "Le Prestige du cheval".
A
meeting with Robert Dumas in 1950 led to a dozen designs for Hermès scarves, including Soirée de Gala and Paddock, a lively evocation of that favorite meeting-place of
racehorses and their owners, jockeys, elegant ladies and punters, before the
beginning of each race. A thicket of top-hats, broad-brimmed ladies’ hats and
jockeys’ silk caps… Captured here with such immediacy, we might almost hear the
hubbub of conversation.
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