François Décorchemont
François Émile Décorchemont (born May 26, 1880 in Conches-en-Ouche , † February 17, 1971 ibid) was a French painter , ceramist and glass artist .
Life
François Décorchemont came from a family of artists; his father Louis Émile Décorchemont (1851-1921) was professor of sculpture at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris , where François also studied.
Décorchemont began his artistic activity as a painter and ceramist. In 1903 he turned to the manufacture of glass from Pâte de verre , for which he experimented with a new molding technique from 1909. With the help of his father, he adapted the lost wax process to the production of glass. He also undertook experiments with a new composition of his glass paste, which he further developed into Pâte de cristal , a material with greater transparency and light permeability . In 1912 he exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Artistes décorateurs , then at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français , including a mug decorated with roses with a thick, translucent wall. During the First World War , Décorchemont worked in the secretariat of the War Ministry . At the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels moderne 1925 his work was represented in several places.
In the course of the global economic crisis , the demand for luxury items fell sharply. The deeply religious Décorchemont therefore manufactured windows for over thirty churches from the 1930s , including one with an area of 300 m² for the Sainte-Odile church in Paris and others, for example in the Eglise Saint Hélier in Beuzeville , in the Eglise St-Gervais -St-Protaisin in Étrépagny and in the Eglise Très Sainte Vierge Marie et Saint-Aubin in Ménesqueville .
The artist was considered very discreet and kept his discoveries and techniques secret .
The Legion of Honor accepted François Décorchemont as a "knight" in 1926; In 1955 he was raised to the rank of "officer". Décorchemont was the grandfather of the glassmakers Antoine Leperlier and Étienne Leperlier .
Works (selection)
Décorchemont's work is characterized by a refined design, simple lines and the brightness, transparency and luminosity of the colors. His creations do not have a functional value, but only an aesthetic value because of their fragility and their manufacturing cost. He published his works in small series and was looking not for profit, but for aesthetics.
- Coupe deux anses et masques, 1919
- Coupe sur talon, 1920
- Deux Anses Serpents bowl, 1925
- Poisson sautant, 1938
- Painting Village, 1939
- Loir comestible, 1940
literature
- Janine Bloch-Dermant: The art of French glass, 1860-1914. Vendome Press, London 1980, ISBN 0-86565-000-4 , p. 189.
- Giuseppe Cappa: Le génie verrier de l'Europe. Témoignages. De l'historicisme à la modernité (1840–1998). Editions Mardaga, Brussels 1998, ISBN 2-87009-680-1 , p. 241 (French; limited preview in the Google book search).
- Ray Grover, Lee Grover: Carved & Decorated European Art Glass. Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon 2012, ISBN 978-1-4629-0965-0 , p. 75 ( scan in Google book search).
- Décorchemont, François-Emile . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 528 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Décorchemont, François . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953.
Web links
- François-Emile Decorchemont (French, 1880–1971). In: artnet (with pictures of Décorchemont's work)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b François Décorchemont. In: Musée d'Orsay , accessed on May 5, 2020.
- ↑ And God said: Let there be light! François Décorchemont. In: liuliusa.com, accessed on May 5, 2020.
- ^ Jared Goss : French Art Deco. Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York, N.Y. 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-20430-8 , pp. 58 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Giuseppe Cappa: Le génie verrier de l'Europe. Témoignages. De l'historicisme à la modernité (1840–1998). Editions Mardaga, Brussels 1998, ISBN 2-87009-680-1 , p. 241 (French; limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ Patrimoine. L'Eglise Saint Helier. Les Vitraux. François Décorchemont. In: beuzeville.fr, accessed on May 5, 2020 (French).
- ^ Élise Saint Gervais - Saint Protais in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ Un patrimoine notable. L'Eglise de Ménesqueville. In: cdcla.fr, accessed on 6 May 2020 (French).
- ↑ a b Biography François Décorchemont. In: galerietourbillon.com, Galerie Tourbillon, Paris, accessed on May 5, 2020.
- ↑ Décorchemont, François Émile. In: Base Léonore , accessed on May 5, 2020.
- ^ Giuseppe Cappa: Le génie verrier de l'Europe. Témoignages. De l'historicisme à la modernité (1840–1998). Editions Mardaga, Brussels 1998, ISBN 2-87009-680-1 , p. 321 (French; preview in the Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Décorchemont, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Décorchemont, François Émile (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter, ceramist and glass artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Conches-en-Ouche |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th February 1971 |
| Place of death | Conches-en-Ouche |