In the first of our Art Deco Centenary profiles, we look at the Russian-French artist and designer Romain de Tirtoff – better known as Erté – who became credited as "the father of art deco".
As our Art Deco Centenary series gets underway, we spotlight the Chrysler Building in New York – one of America's first art deco skyscrapers and the world's first supertall skyscraper.