Joseph Alfred Lamy
Joseph Alfred Lamy (père) (* 1850 in Mirecourt , † 1919 in Paris ) was an important French bow maker .
Life
Joseph Alfred Lamy was born in Mirecourt, an important center of French violin making. In 1862 he began his apprenticeship with Charles Claude Nicolas Husson and from 1868 worked for the musical instrument manufacturer Gautrot in Château-Thierry . From 1876 to 1885 he was assistant to the important bow maker François Nicolas Voirin in Paris. After Voirin's death, Lamy began his career as a self-employed master bow maker and opened his workshop at 34 Rue du Faubourg Poissonière in Paris. His bows are stamped “A. LAMY A PARIS ”.
Joseph Alfred Lamy is an important key figure in bow making and an exponent of the French bow making tradition of François Tourte (1747–1835) and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798–1875). In 1889 he was awarded silver and gold medals at exhibitions in Paris. Like Voirin, Lamy was mainly influenced by Vuillaume, whose arch model he initially recreated. In the 1890s he broke with Vuillaume's model and built heavier bows, like most of the other important French bow makers of the time.
In 1919, after Lamy's death, his son Hippolyte Camille Lamy (1876–1944), known as Lamy fils , took over his father's workshop. Eugène Sartory (1871–1946) is one of the most important students of Lamy péres .
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- Jean Francois Raffin, Millant, Bernard: L'Archet . L'Archet Éditions, Paris 2000, ISBN 295155690X .
- Daniel Brückner: The gold bow . Edition Bochinsky, Bergkirchen 2002, ISBN 9783923639519 .
- Leo von Lütgendorff : The violin and lute makers from the Middle Ages to the present. (1923) 2 volumes. Unchanged reprint of the 6th, revised edition, Tutzing: Schneider 1975 ISBN 3-7952-0061-X With a supplementary volume by Thomas Drescher, 1990 ISBN 3-7952-0616-2
- William Henley: Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers . Amati, Brighton; England 1969, ISBN 0901424005 .
- Joseph Alfred Lamy Père: A key figure in modern bow making
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lamy, Joseph Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lamy père |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French bow maker for string instruments |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mirecourt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1919 |
| Place of death | Paris |