Georges Hoentschel
Illustration — Basket vase, The Met. Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) was a French designer. His artwork is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Georges Hoentschel
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- Full name
- Georges Firmin Hoentschel.
- Born
- 1855. · Montmartre.
- Died
- 1915. · 16th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- ceramicist, interior designer, architect and art collector.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour and officier d'académie.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Basket vase, The Met. Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) was a French designer. His artwork is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
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The recorded working language is French. Residence is recorded at Paris. Work by Georges Hoentschel is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum and Sèvres - Cité de la céramique. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour and officier d'académie.
Georges Hoentschel is recorded with the occupation interior designer. Recorded as ceramicist, interior designer, architect and art collector. Recorded at birth as Georges Firmin Hoentschel.
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1855
Georges Hoentschel was born on 1 June 1855.
1915
Georges Hoentschel died at 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Archives en ligne de Paris, fichiers de l'état civil reconstitué, acte de naissance, cote 5Mil 854, vue 3/50
- 2.Georges Hoentschel. Editions Monelle Hayot. 1999. 2-903824-25-8.
- 3.Georges Hoentschel. Editions Monelle Hayot. 1999. 2-903824-25-8.
- 4.Georges Hoentschel. Editions Monelle Hayot. 1999. 2-903824-25-8.
- 5.Georges Hoentschel. Editions Monelle Hayot. 1999. 2-903824-25-8.
- 6.Georges Hoentschel. Editions Monelle Hayot. 1999. 2-903824-25-8.
- 7.Georges Hoentschel. Editions Monelle Hayot. 1999. 2-903824-25-8.
- 8.Journal d'un collectionneur marchand de tableaux 1918-1939, Calmann-Lévy, 1963, .
- 9.Collections numérisées de la bibliothèque de l'INHA. Institut National de l'histoire de l'Art.
- 10.Notice bibliographique. bnf.fr.
- 11.Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement (.) première vente (.) les lundi 31 mars, mardi 1er avril et mercredi 2 avril 1919. inha.fr.
- 12.Catalogue des tableaux, peintures décoratives. inha.fr.
- 13.Catalogue des belles boiseries et lambris. inha.fr.
- 14.Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement. inha.fr.
- 15.Le Monde de Georges Hoentschel. georges-hoentschel.com.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 12
- Notice bibliographique. bnf.fr.
- « Ormolu in the Hoentschel collection », Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, , p. 238-240.
- Catalogues des quatre ventes de la succession Georges Hoentschel, à Paris en 1919 :
- Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement (.) première vente (.) les lundi 31 mars, mardi 1er avril et mercredi 2 avril 1919. inha.fr.
- Catalogue des tableaux, peintures décoratives. inha.fr.
- Catalogue des belles boiseries et lambris. inha.fr.
- Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement. inha.fr.
- Arsène Alexandre, « Georges Hoentschel et ses collections », in La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries du luxe, , p. 83-87.
- Y. Brunhammer, M. Ricour, « Le style 1900 », Jardin des Arts, n° 46, 1958, p. 653-655.
- Evelyne Posseme, « Le Salon du bois du pavillon de l'Union centrale des Arts décoratifs à l'Exposition universelle de 1900 », Revue de l'art, n° 117, 1997, p. 64-70.
- Nicole Hoentschel, Georges Hoentschel, 1999, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, Editions Monelle Hayot, 264 pages ;
- Danielle Kisluk-Grosheid, Salvaging the Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1907-2013, 2013, New Haven, Yale University Press.
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He belonged to Société des amis du Louvre, French Automobile Club and Cercle de l'Union interalliée. He worked at Paris. Hoentschel received Officer of the Legion of Honour and officier d'académie.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum and Sèvres - Cité de la céramique
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