René Kieffer

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René-Albert Kieffer (born April 5, 1876 in Paris ; † September 8, 1963 there ) was a French bookbinder , publisher and bookseller .

life and work

René Kieffer at the Père Lachaise cemetery (middle, 2nd row from above)

René Kieffer attended the École supérieure des arts et industries graphiques (ESAIG or École Estienne ) in Paris. Under the guidance of Marius-Michel the Younger , he learned the craft of bookbinding in his workshop before running his own workshop in Paris in 1901. He also covers in the style of Art Deco ago that Pierre Legrain for the fashion designer Jacques Doucet had designed.

In 1909 he expanded his activities with the help of experienced editors such as Auguste Blaizot, Georges Crès and Albert Messein to the publishing industry, where he mainly published works by classic authors as luxury editions. Kieffer's workshop was particularly active in the 1920s and 1940s. Here he worked with engravers and illustrators such as Pierre Brissaud, Joseph Hémard, Sylvain Sauvage, Jacques Touchet and Jean-Baptiste Vettiner.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Kieffer finally ran a bookstore in Paris' Rue Saint-André-des-Arts , which was later taken over by his family. He was married to Lucile Bucquet. Her son Michel Kieffer (* 1916) was also a bookbinder. After René Kieffer's death in 1963, his remains were laid to rest in a columbarium in the Père Lachaise cemetery .

literature

  • Alastair Duncan , Georges De Bartha: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: French Masterpieces, 1880–1940. Abrams, New York 1989, ISBN 978-0-8109-1881-8 , pp. 100, 193, 199.
  • Gordon Norton Ray, George Thomas Tanselle (Eds.): The Art Deco Book in France. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville 2005, ISBN 978-1-883631-12-3 , p. 123.

Web links

Commons : René Kieffer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louise Mirabelle Biheng-Martinon: Voyage au pays des relieurs ou l'évolution du métier du relieur en France au siècle xxe, IV l'art deco et le livre. Harmattan, Paris 2004, ISBN 978-2-7475-6072-6 , p. 83.
  2. ↑ Henri Le Soudier: Comité français des expositions à l'étranger. Ministère du Commerce, de l'industrie, des postes et des télégraphes, Paris 1906, p. 117.
  3. ↑ A. Durel: Album of the reliures. Catalog de la bibliothèque d'Albert Bélinac, deux reliures de René Kieffer. Paris 1909, pp.  187 and 189 .
  4. ^ A b Agathe Sanjuan: Les éditions René Kieffer (1909–1950). Sorbonne Université, Paris 2002.
  5. ^ Jacques Lafitte, Stephen Taylor: Qui est qui en France. J. Lafitte, 1987, p. 910.
personal data
SURNAME Kieffer, René
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kieffer, René-Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French bookbinder, publisher and bookseller
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1963
Place of death Paris , France