Eugène Grasset
Eugène Samuel Grasset (born May 25, 1845 in Lausanne , † October 23, 1917 in Sceaux near Paris ) was a Swiss - French sculptor , painter and illustrator of the Belle Époque and pioneer of Art Nouveau .
Life
Eugène was the son of the master carpenter Samuel Joseph Grasset and his wife Jeanne Louise Marguerite Burnens. Between 1861 and 1863, Grasset studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich , under Professor Gottfried Semper . After studying architecture at the Polytechnic in Zurich, he joined an architectural office in Lausanne. An extensive study trip to Egypt also took place at this time . From 1871 Grasset moved to Paris. In addition, he was active in almost all areas of the applied arts in the following years. Grasset not only draws illustrations, but also furniture and posters and designs the facade of the Hôtel de Dumas in Paris as well as mosaics , leaded glass windows , wallpaper patterns , jewelry , calendars , stamps and much more. His illustrations are particularly influenced by the style of Gustave Doré , whereas he took an example from Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in relation to his arts and crafts .
Eugène Grasset took French citizenship in 1891. Between 1890 and 1903 he taught as a professor at the École Guérin and from 1905 until his death at the École Estienne and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. Among his students were Augusto Giacometti , Paul Follot , Maurice Pillard Verneuil , Paul Berthon and Eliseu Visconti . He created the Grasset font named after him , which was presented at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris .
Awards
- 1895 Knight of the French Légion d'honneur
- 1911 officer of the French Légion d'honneur
Works (selection)
Encre L Marquet , 1892
Bust of Colonel Charles Veillon, Lausanne
La morfinomane , 1897
Exposition Eugène Grasset au Salon des Cent 1898
Three women and three wolves (1900)
Theater poster for Sarah Bernhardt as Jeanne d'Arc
Young woman in a garden
first Pro Juventute postage stamp (1913), Helvetia in front of the Matterhorn
Saint-Étienne Church in Briare (France) (1895). Mosaic decorations.
literature
- Anne Murray-Robertson-Bovard: Grasset, Eugène. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Publications by and about Eugène Grasset in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Eugène Grasset in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography - Eugène Grasset (French)
- Eugène Grasset Works (French)
- Eugène Grasset Harmony
- Anne Murray-Robertson: Grasset, Eugène Samuel. In: Sikart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Grasset , in: Georges Peignot: la tentation de l'Art Nouveau , on typographie.org, viewed on January 28, 2012 (French)
- ↑ II: History of the Peignot Typefoundry ( Memento of September 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), in: History of Deberny et Peignot at ellie.rit.edu (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grasset, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grasset, Eugène Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-French sculptor, painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1917 |
| Place of death | Paris |