Jacques Hitier (1917-1999) was a notable French interior architect and designer, known for his industrial furniture and influential role in design education at École Boulle.Read More →
The founders of the Salon d’Automne were a collective of artists and writers, including Eugène Carrière, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Rouault, Édouard Vuillard, Joris-Karl Huysmans and Émile Verhaeren…Read More →
Francis Jourdain, a prominent Art Nouveau pioneer and furniture designer, challenged French design norms by advocating for simplicity and industrial development in the 1920s.Read More →
René Lalique, a versatile French artisan, mastered glass design, jewellery, and perfume bottles. His exquisite nature-inspired work gained international recognition and influenced the art world.Read More →
Eileen Gray was an French furniture designer and architect. Her work reflected a stylistic pastiche of far eastern and french influences.Read More →
Joseph Mougin decided to become a ceramicist after seeing an exhibition of Jean Carriès’s pottery in 1894. He set up a studio and a kiln in Montrouge with the help of sculptor friend Lemarquier and his brother Pierre Mougin.Read More →
Jean Adnet (1900-1995), a French designer, worked in Paris. In 1928, she directed the window-display department at Galeries Lafayette. Brother Jacques Adnet collaborated with her.Read More →
Formes Utiles is a French organization and exhibition in Paris, established in 1949. It showcased various designs and artworks and welcomed international participants.Read More →
Vever had acquired a collection of thousands of fine ukiyo-e prints by the early twentieth century. Vever’s collection was so well-regarded that the authors of some of the first European scholarly publications on ukiyo-e relied heavily on it for most of their actual print researchRead More →
The 1900 Paris Exposition showcased global achievements and aimed to drive progress into the future. It attracted over 50 million visitors and hosted the 1900 Summer Olympics.Read More →