Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (* 1695 in Turin ; † July 31, 1750 in Paris ) was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, goldsmith and architect of the French Rococo .
Life
Juste-Aurèle learned from his father Etienne Meissonnier before he went to Paris. There he worked for a number of years in the tapestry manufacture . In September 1724 he received a royal diploma in goldsmithing ( brevet de la coopération des Marchands Orfèvres Joailliers ). In 1726 he became the official draftsman of Louis XV. ( Dessinateur de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roi ; successor to Jean Bérain the Younger , 1678–1726). Since then he has been responsible for the court festivals at the French court (see Menus-Plaisirs du Roi ). In 1729 he arranged the festival including fireworks on the occasion of the birth of the heir to the throne in Versailles . Meissonnier was involved in the interior design of Choisy Castle and Fontainebleau Castle .
Works
- Livres d'ornements en trente pièces (1734)
- Ornements de la carte chronologique
- Gabriel Huquier , Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1742–51)
literature
- Gordon Campbell: The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0195189483 , Volume 2, pp. 98/99.
Web links
- Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier in base joconde; Catalog of the collections of French museums
- Musée d'art decoratif, Paris
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meissonnier, Juste-Aurèle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meissonier, Juste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French draftsman, painter, sculptor, goldsmith and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1695 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1750 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |