Richard Peduzzi (b.1943) French Set and Furniture Designer

Richard Peduzzi (b.1943) is a French painter and scenic furniture designer.

Education

He studied drawing and sculpture under Charles Auffet.

Biography

He met theatre director Patrice Chéreau in 1967 and, from 1969, designed all his productions; in 1979, he was commissioned by Michel Laclotte, chief curator of Le Musée du Louvre, Paris, to work on interior architecture, museography, and new presentation of artworks; in 1988, was commissioned by Jean Coural, ex-director of Mobilier National, to design a furniture collection; as an interior architect, restored the library and museum of Opéra Garnier, Paris, and created the 1990 Opéra chair for its library, produced by Plan Venise; designed more than 20 plays including those of Shakespeare, Marivaux, Wedekind, Koltes, and Heiner Miiler, and operas including those of Rossini, Wagner, Alban Berg, and Mozart; with Patrice Chéreau and Daniel Barenboim, worked on Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the 1994 Salzburg Festival; from 1991, was principal of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

Sources

Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing. https://amzn.to/3ElmSlL

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