Cristóbal Balenciaga Portrait

Cristóbal Balenciaga
2019
Gouache and ink on paper
7 x 10 inches plus frame
 
What migrant got his start in fashion as a teenager when he replicated from memory a gown worn by a marchioness, who just happened to spend her summers at the small fishing town where he was born?

CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA
Fashion designer
Getaria, Spain - Paris, France

#Migrants #VidasSinFronteras #Illustration

One of a series of 50 illustrations portraying migrants who changed the world for the book for young readers entitled Vidas sin fronteras: 51 historias para derribar los muros by Yaiza Santos and Annuska Angulo (Alfaguara, 2019).