Marcel Vertès, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marcel Vertès

costume designer

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1895

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1961

Profession: painter, costume designer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Marcel Vertès (born Marcell Vértes, 10 August 1895 – 31 October 1961) was a French costume designer and illustrator of Hungarian origins.
He won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge.Vertès is also responsible for the original murals in the Café Carlyle in the Carlyle Hotel in New York City, New York and for those in the Peacock Alley in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.