René Prou - Anne Bony; Gavriella Abecassis

entre art déco et modernisme = between art deco and modernism

KORTE INHOUD

The first monograph dedicated to René Prou, a central figure of Art Deco

Contains around 400 documents and photographs

René Prou (1889-1947), an ensemblier and decorator, was - alongside Ruhlmann, Leleu, Dunand, Subes and Brandt - a central figure of the Art Deco movement. Trained at Gouffé, in Paris, in the 1910s, Prou took part in most of the Salons d'Automne and the Salons des artistes décorateurs before commanding attention at the Exposition international des arts décoratifs of 1925. Firmly established by major public and private commissions, his talent as an ensemblier was expressed as much in the decoration of ocean liners - Cuba (1923), Lafayette (1928), Paris (1929) - as in the fitting out of the sleeper cars of the Orient Express; the Palace of Nations in Geneva, where he worked alongside José-Maria Sert, with whom he also collaborated at the Waldorf Astoria in New York; and the furnishing of the Mitsubishi department stores in Tokyo.

His style, defined by the curve of his metal leg blended with a joyou...
2018Taal: Engelszie alle details...

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2018Uitgever: Norma Editions240 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2376660033ISBN-13: 9782376660033

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