Jean Dunand (1877–1942) was a Swiss and French painter, sculptor, metal craftsman and interior designer during the Art Deco period. He was particularly known for his lacquered screens and other art objects.[1][2]
Jean Dunand, Fortissimo (1924-26), screen of lacquered wood, eggshell, mother-of-pear, and gold leaf. (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Jules-John Dunand was born in Lancy, Switzerland, on 20 May 1877. He later adopted the French first name of Jean, and became a naturalized French citizen in 1922. At the age of fourteen, he began studying sculpture at the Geneva School of Industrial Arts, where he won several prizes and received his diploma. In 1897 he moved to Paris and begn to work as a sculptor and a copper craftsman. He participated in the 1904 Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts, and in 1905 he was selected a member, after completing an interior for the Countess de Bearn. He worked with a very wide range of materials, including steel, copper, pewter and silver, which he worked with hammer and glided, and encrusted with gold or mother-of-pearl, and then often decorated with enamels and patinas. His works included vases, plates, boxes, and jewelry.[1]
In about 1912, he began working with Seizo Sugawara, a Japanese lacquer painter who had emigrated to France, and began to use that ancient and almost forgotten technique in his own work, making large decorative panels and screens. He also sometimes decorated pieces of furniture by other designers, including Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann and Pierre Legrain. His themes were greatly varied, from floral and animal designs, to a kind of neo-cubism, to oriental designs.[3]
For the 1925 Paris Exposition of Decorative Arts, he worked on one of best-known exhibits, a proposal for the interior of an Art Deco French Embassy, creating a smoking room entirely decorated in lacquered panels. He also contributed to Ruhlmann's House of a Collector. He contributed to the interiors of many apartments, and of ocean liners; he decorated the smoking room of the ocean liner SS Normandie.[3][4]
His works can be found in museums in Amsterdam, Denver, Detroit, Geneva, Lausanne, Le Havre, London, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Paris, Pittsburg, Quimper, Reims, Richmond, San Francisco, Tokyo and Zurich.
Gallery
Jean Dunand, Peacock tray, nickel and silver in a peacock feather design, (1914), Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Jean Dunand, Tray of copper inlaid with silver, about 1920 (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
jean, dunand, 1877, 1942, swiss, french, painter, sculptor, metal, craftsman, interior, designer, during, deco, period, particularly, known, lacquered, screens, other, objects, fortissimo, 1924, screen, lacquered, wood, eggshell, mother, pear, gold, leaf, metr. Jean Dunand 1877 1942 was a Swiss and French painter sculptor metal craftsman and interior designer during the Art Deco period He was particularly known for his lacquered screens and other art objects 1 2 Jean Dunand Fortissimo 1924 26 screen of lacquered wood eggshell mother of pear and gold leaf Metropolitan Museum of Art Contents 1 Biography 2 Gallery 3 Bibliography 4 ReferencesBiography EditJules John Dunand was born in Lancy Switzerland on 20 May 1877 He later adopted the French first name of Jean and became a naturalized French citizen in 1922 At the age of fourteen he began studying sculpture at the Geneva School of Industrial Arts where he won several prizes and received his diploma In 1897 he moved to Paris and begn to work as a sculptor and a copper craftsman He participated in the 1904 Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts and in 1905 he was selected a member after completing an interior for the Countess de Bearn He worked with a very wide range of materials including steel copper pewter and silver which he worked with hammer and glided and encrusted with gold or mother of pearl and then often decorated with enamels and patinas His works included vases plates boxes and jewelry 1 In about 1912 he began working with Seizo Sugawara a Japanese lacquer painter who had emigrated to France and began to use that ancient and almost forgotten technique in his own work making large decorative panels and screens He also sometimes decorated pieces of furniture by other designers including Jacques Emile Ruhlmann and Pierre Legrain His themes were greatly varied from floral and animal designs to a kind of neo cubism to oriental designs 3 For the 1925 Paris Exposition of Decorative Arts he worked on one of best known exhibits a proposal for the interior of an Art Deco French Embassy creating a smoking room entirely decorated in lacquered panels He also contributed to Ruhlmann s House of a Collector He contributed to the interiors of many apartments and of ocean liners he decorated the smoking room of the ocean liner SS Normandie 3 4 His works can be found in museums in Amsterdam Denver Detroit Geneva Lausanne Le Havre London Miami Minneapolis New York Paris Pittsburg Quimper Reims Richmond San Francisco Tokyo and Zurich Gallery Edit Jean Dunand Peacock tray nickel and silver in a peacock feather design 1914 Musee d Orsay Paris Jean Dunand Tray of copper inlaid with silver about 1920 Metropolitan Museum of Art Jean Dunand Detail of Decorative panel Fortissimo 1935 Metropolitan Museum of Art Jean Dunand The Hunt panel 1936 Wolfsonian FIU Museum Jean Dunand Vase of lacquered metal c 1935 Metropolitan Museum Jean Dunand Lacquered vase c 1935 Metropolitan Museum Jean Dunand and Jean Dupas Panel of Chariot of Aurora lacquer and metal gesso 1935 Carnegie Museum of Art Jean Dunand Easy chair of lacquered wood and goatskin 1927 1928 Metropolitan Museum Bibliography EditCabanne Pierre 1986 Encyclopedie Art Deco in French Somogy ISBN 2 85056 178 9 Felix Marcilhac Jean Dunand His Life and Work London Thames and Hudson 1991 OCLC 25611010 Exhibition Catalogue Madeleine Vionnet Puriste de la Mode Les Arts decoratifs Paris 24 06 2009 31 01 2010 E Benezit Dictionary of Artists Paris 2006 Vol 4 p 1338 1339 References Edit a b Cabanne 1986 pp 191 192 Felix Marcilhac Jean Dunand His Life and Work Thames and Hudson London 1991 a b Cabanne 1986 p 192 Dunand Taming the Horse Museum of modern art Andre Malraux MuMa This article about a Swiss artist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article about a designer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jean Dunand amp oldid 1040478391, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
