Antonio Lopez

                                Antonio Lopez  (February 11, 1943 – March 17, 1987)

Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez. From left : Eija Vehka Aho, Juan Ramos, Jacques de Bascher, Karl Lagerfeld.

           Antonio Lopez was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico. When he was seven years old, his family moved to New York . His parents, Maria Luisa Cruz and Francisco Lopez influenced him to apply his artistic talents to fashion. He attended the High School Of Art and Design and the Fashion Institute Of Technology. While attending the F.I.T. He began an internship at Women's Wear Daily, which led to him leaving school and working at the publication. Shortly afterward he left for a position at the New York Times.

          Lopez worked in close collaboration with Juan Eugene Ramos. He also did illustrations of fashion designs by Charles James

           In 1969 he moved to Paris along with Ramos and was an associate of Karl Lagerfeld and he stayed there until the mid 1970s.  

 

                    Antonio Lopez is the Picasso of fashion illustration. He capture the pulse of style from the 60s to the 80s , and is still revered as the most inspiring illustrator by today practitioners. He worked with a variety of materials including pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, watercolor and polaroid film. His work appeared frequently in Vogue, Harper's bazzar. Elle 

  Antonio Lopez

 Jerry Hall 

    Italian Vogue 1979 

          From his illustrations above, you could see the light is coming from the left, which made the left hand of the lady faded, and simple lines and strokes could allow viewer to have a three dimensional view of the drawing. Thin and thick lines allow the figure to be more realistic and surreal.

                                                    Antonio Lopez 

                                                      Fashion Girl 

                  Antonio uses watercolor in this painting as you could see the light and bright colors in the painting. According to my research, many people that says that watercolor art is a very powerful way to express your feelings . Even though i hate water colors,as i often destroy the drawings i drew when applying colors on it.  I felt that Antonio used this painting to express his feelings as women are becoming more fashionable and stylish.