From Library Journal Jean Dunand, one of the foremost exponents of the French Art Deco stye, was known chiefly for his work in lacquered wood and metal. His prodigious output of furniture, screens, and decorative metal vessels culminated in a large commission for the decorative wall panels in the luxury liner Normandie in the 1930s. Marcilhac has produced an exhaustive biography and catalog of the accomplishments of Dunand and his sons, who worked with him until his death in 1942. The book is lavishly illustrated with large, spectacular color photographs and smaller, rather murky black-and-white photographs of the artist and his works. The text is mainly a chronological narrative of Dunand's professional life and is somewhat lacking in human interest. Recommended for art libraries.- Constance Ashmore Fairchild, Univ. of Illinois Lib., Urbana- ChampaignCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Jean Dunand: His Life and Works.

Arts & Photography

Marcilhac, Félix

History & Criticism

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Oversized hardcover in clean bright dust jacket, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Pages are clean, the binding is tight and square: nice copy. (131)

Jean Dunand: His Life and Works

Harry N. Abrams

•The complete works of Jacques Majorelle, an orientalist painter of the 20th century •1050 works have been documented by Félix and Amélie Marcilhac •With paintings inspired by scenes from Sudan, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Morocco, this book collects Majorelle's fascinating (and occasionally exoticising) depictions of north-west African life Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) is an emblematic figure of Orientalism. The son of the cabinet-maker Louis Majorelle, he trained at the École nationale des Beaux-arts appliqués of Nancy then in Paris, at the Académie Julian. Majorelle traveled through Spain, Egypt and Italy, starting from 1908. In 1917 he moved to Morocco. There, he developed a singular chromatic language which gave him a place divested of all influences among his contemporaries. Landscapes, bazaar scenes, and portraits, he based his art around the city of Marrakech where he lived, as well as across the rest of Morocco. He gathered inspiration from his many trips to Sudan, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire, amassing a considerable oeuvre of over 1,000 works in which light, colour and a certain viewpoint on exoticism played a decisive role.

Jacques Majorelle

Editions Norma

Art-déco 1925 (French Edition)

Ouest-France *

andre groult: DECORATEUR-ENSEMBLIER DU XXE SIECLE

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

AMATEUR

R. Lalique

Catalogs & Directories

Editions de l'Amateur,France

MAURICE MARINOT (1882-1960) ARTISAN VERRIER: CATALOGUE RAISONNE DE L'OEUVRE DE VERRE

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