Jules Wabbes

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Jules Jean Sylvain Wabbes (* 18th March 1919 in Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis , Brussels ; † 29. January 1974 in Brussels ) was a Belgian furniture designer and interior designer . Wabbes was considered one of the most prominent Belgian designers in the second half of the 20th century; u. a. he created his own office furniture collection.

Life

Exhibition of Jules Wabbe's works in Brussels (2012/13); on the right in the picture the “Gérard Philipe” table and the “Louise” chair designed by Wabbes.

Jules Wabbes was the son of Henry Justin Gommire Wabbes (1874-1959) and Rachel Pintens Londerzeel (1890-1946). The family came from Mechelen and ran a boat building and timber trading company. Wabbes left school at the age of 16, began a career as an actor and then worked in other professions, such as a freelance photographer with his own business in Brussels. After the end of the Second World War, he opened an antiques and interior design business there with Louise Carrey, before switching to interior design and furnishing in the 1950s. The focus of his work was soon on furniture construction and the use of recycled materials. Wabbes eventually opened a restoration shop and dealt with the construction techniques of old furniture. Friends from the art scene eventually brought him to work in the field of modern design. Jules Wabbes was a professor at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels.

Jules Wabbes was married to the designer, cartoonist, illustrator and children's book author Mary Wabbes from 1960; the couple had four children, Sylvie, Marie, Julie and Henry.

Detail view of a table by Jules Wabbes

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Jules Wabbes' specialty was the development of office furniture; He also designed the furnishings of boats, apartment buildings and student dormitories. With André Jacqmain , Wabbes created the interiors of the Foncolin (Fonds colonial des Invalidités) and the Glaverbel houses in Brussels. One of the first pieces of furniture was the desk named after the French actor Gérard Philipe . He was also responsible for installations in the scientific library of the Université catholique de Louvain and the Sabena aircraft. Wabbes also renovated the Marcel Breuer- designed United States embassy building in The Hague and designed interiors for the US embassies in London, Brussels, Dakar and Rabat. He preferred end grain and metal for the office furniture he designed.

Awards

Wabbes has received several awards for his work; so he received the gold medal of the Milan Triennale and in 1965 the Belgian Order of the Crown .

Exhibitions

  • Jules Wabbes. Furniture Designer. From October 17, 2012 to January 13, 2013 in the Paleis voor Schone Kunsten in Brussels.
  • Jules Wabbes. Editions 2010 , from November 16, 2012 to January 13, 2013 in the Design Vlaanderen Galerie, Brussel.

bibliography

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  • Pombo, Fátima. "Jules Wabbes (1919–1974): Creating Total Works of Art in Interiors." Journal of Interior Design 39, no. 3 (September 2014): 25–39. Art Abstracts (HW Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed September 29, 2016).
  • Pombo, Fátima, and Hilde Heynen. "Jules Wabbes and the modern design of American embassies." Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture 5, no. 3 (November 2014): 315–339. EBSCOhost (accessed September 29, 2016).
  • Vedrenne, Elisabeth. "Bulo réédite le Belge Jules Wabbes. (French)." Connaissance Des Arts no.680 (March 2010): 12. (HW Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed September 29, 2016).
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  • Marie Ferran-Wabbes (2002). Jules Wabbes 1919–1974: architecte d'intérieur. Dexia. ISBN 978-2-87193-290-1 .
  • Marie Ferran-Wabbles; Jurgen Persijn; Iwan Strauven (2013). Jules Wabbes: Furniture Designer. ISBN 9789490814038

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jules Wabbes Furniture Designer
  2. ↑ Jules Wabbes Editions 2010
personal data
SURNAME Wabbes, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wabbes, Jules Jean Sylvain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1974
Place of death Brussels region