Pierre Chapo
Pierre Chapo (born July 23, 1927 in Paris , † January 1987) was a French furniture designer and cabinet maker.
biography
Pierre Chapo was initially interested in painting in his youth. It was only when he met a shipbuilder that he became interested in wood. Chapo studied architecture at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris .
After completing his studies, Pierre Chapo went on extensive journeys. He visited Scandinavia and Central America and spent a year working in the United States . There he visited, among other things, Taliesin West , a residential and studio building by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright . Back in Paris, he returned to carpentry. He made furniture from solid wood, preferably oak , elm , ash or teak , and tried to harmonize contemporary design and traditional manufacturing techniques. In 1958, Chapo and his wife, the painter and sculptor Nicole Lormier, opened the Chapo gallery on the Boulevard de l'Hôpital in Paris. Chapo's own furniture designs were initially distributed exclusively through the gallery. In addition, works by other artists and craftsmen were shown there. For example, Chapo exhibited furniture by Isamu Noguchi there, with whom he shared a common organic style .
The furniture was manufactured in Clamart near Paris until 1967 . In the following year the Chapo family moved to Gordes in Provence , where Pierre Chapo founded Chapo Gordes SA. Under the direction of Pierre's son Fidel Chapo, furniture based on Pierre's designs is still manufactured there today and sold through a gallery. In addition to his practical work, Chapo was also active in teaching and gave lectures on various aspects of the carpentry trade both in France and beyond .
In 1987, Pierre Chapo died shortly before his sixtieth birthday of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .
Books about Pierre Chapo
- Anne Bony, Ivan Rakočević: Furniture & interiors of the 1970s , Flammarion 2005.
- Connaissance des arts , volumes 662–664.
- New York Magazine Company, 2004, New York , Volume 37, Issues 38-46.
- John C. Brasfield Publishing Corporation, Architectural Digest , Volume 66, Issues 4-6, 2009.
- Sociéte d'études et de publications économiques, Techniques et architecture , Issues 321–324, 1978.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chapo, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French furniture designer and cabinet maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1987 |