Victor Prouvé

Victor Prouvé (born August 13, 1858 in Nancy , Département Meurthe-et-Moselle , † February 15, 1943 in Sétif , Algeria ) was a French painter, sculptor and engraver. He was a co-founder of the École de Nancy and is considered an important representative of Art Nouveau .

Life

Prouvé came to Paris and studied at the École de Dessin , later he switched to Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts . He then worked a lot with Émile Gallé . Working with other artists such as Fernand Courteix , Albert Heymann and Eugène Vallin was also fruitful.

When these artists grouped together to form the École de Nancy , craft businesses, such as the Daum Frères glassworks , also played a major role.

In 1888 Prouvé went on an extensive study trip to and through Tunisia . From this trip he brought back a large number of sketches, which then formed the basis for pictures and other art objects.

On January 5, 1898, Prouvé married Marie Amélie Duhamel in Nancy and had seven children with her: Hélène (* 1899), Jean (1901–1984), Victor Ernest (* 1902), Thérèse Marie (* 1910), Henri Georges (* 1915) and Pierre Louis (* 1918).

In 1904, Prouvé was appointed to succeed the late Émile Gallé as President of the École de Nancy. As such, he headed the École des Beaux-Arts in his hometown between 1919 and 1940.

Honors

• Commander of the Legion of Honor

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Works (selection)

painting

• Hall in the town hall of Nancy. 1892.
• Hall in the town hall of Issy-les-Moulineaux . 1898.
• Room of the Mairie in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. 1899-1907.

sculpture

• La soif . 1893.
• La nuit . 1895.

literature

• Edmonde Charles-Roux et al. a .: Victor Prouvé. Voyages en Tunisie 1888-1890 . Editions Serpenoise, Metz 1999, ISBN 2-8769-2412-9 .
• Jean-Paul Midant: L'Art Nouveau en France - Art Nouveau in France ("L'Art Nouveau en France"). Eco-Edition, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-933468-77-9 .
• Madeleine Prouvé: Victor Prouvé. 1858-1943 . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1958.