Jean Puiforcat
Jean-Émile Puiforcat , sometimes also known as Jean Elisée Puiforcat , (born August 5, 1897 in Paris , † October 20, 1945 in Paris) was a French goldsmith and silversmith , maker of cutlery, sculptor and designer of Art Deco .
Life
Puiforcat is the heir to a gold and silversmith's company that started in 1820 in the eastern Marais district of Paris . In 1918 he took over the management of the family business. In the interwar period he became the most famous designer who also incorporated metal into his design pieces. One example is a made of silver plated metal and marble clock that Puiforcat 1930 at the Paris manufacturer Hour Lavigne was finished and in March 2011 at an auction of the collection Laurent Negro by Christie's in Paris Palais de Tokyo was auctioned. Some of his creations have found their way into the Louvre collections . Further works are an enamelled ciborium in the Notre Dame church in Rocamadour in the Lot department in southern France and the official cross of the abbot of Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England . The chapel of the French liner Normandie , which went into service in 1935, was equipped with equipment for the divine service of the Puiforcat company.
Puiforcat had been a member of the Paris Association of Architects and Designers Union des Artistes Modernes since 1929 . During the Second World War , Puiforcat lived with the family in Mexico City from 1942 .
Puiforcat company
The company Jean Puiforcat is a member of the association of manufacturers of luxury articles, the Comité Colbert, founded in 1954 . The Belgian goldsmith Nedda El-Asmar worked for the company in 2012.
Exhibitions
- 1925: Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern
- 1937: World Exhibition in Paris 1937
- 1989: silversmith Jean Puiforcat . Bröhan Museum , Berlin-Charlottenburg.
literature
- 1951: René Herbst : Jean Puiforcat, orfèvre sculpteur , foreword by Paul Léon. Flammarion, Paris.
- 1986: Françoise de Bonneville: Jean Puiforcat . Éditions du Regard, Paris 1986.
- 2008: Jeanne Quéheillard / Claude Bouchard: Puiforcat, le dessous de l'iceberg , préface de Laurent É. Momméja, B. Chaveau, Suresnes,
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The canon of the billionaire heir in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung of March 27, 2011, page 57
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puiforcat, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puiforcat, Jean-Emile; Puiforcat, Jean-Élisée |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French goldsmith and silversmith, sculptor, designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1945 |
| Place of death | Paris |