Facts: - death place: new york city , new york , united states - birth name: roman petrovich tyrtov - death date: 21 april 1990 - field: visual arts - birth date: 23 november 1892 - name: erte - movement: art deco - nationality: russian - birth place: st. petersburg , russian empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of erte .
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romain de tirtoff -lrb- 23 november 1892 -- 21 april 1990 -rrb- was a russian-born french artist and designer known by the pseudonym erte , from the french pronunciation of his initials -lrb- -rrb- .he was a diversely talented 20th-century artist and designer who flourished in an array of fields , including fashion , jewellery , graphic arts , costume and set design for film , theatre , and opera , and interior decor .