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Endpoint: René Bouché (Illustrator)



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René Robert Bouché (20 September 1905, Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire – 3 July 1963, East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom (aged 57)) was an artist and fashion illustrator, known for his work in Vogue magazine between the 1930s and 1960s.

He studied at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich before moving to Paris. In 1938, he began working for Vogue magazine.

While in France, Bouche was separated from his wife and son and forced to escape due to German forces that were advancing. He made his way to Cassis-sure-mer and then eventually to Lisbon. From there he left for the United States on what was one of the last boats to cross the Atlantic Ocean before Pearl Harbor. In the United states he gained citizenship and continued to work for Vogue while also doing illustrations for advertising clients such as Elizabeth Arden.

In the United States, he settled in Manhattan, where he continued working for Vogue. Bouché painted portraits of many prominent figures including W. H. Auden, Nancy Astor, Truman Capote, Jean Cocteau, Benny Goodman, Aldous Huxley, Edward Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Willem de Kooning, Sophia Loren, Igor Stravinsky and the Duchess of Windsor.

Bouché died of a heart attack, age 57, in East Grinstead, England.
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