Joé Descomps

Joé Descomps (1869–1950) was a French sculptor, goldsmith and jewelry designer.

Also recorded as Joe Descomps; Joseph Cormier; Joé Descomps-Cormier; Joseph Jules Emmanuel Cormier; Joseph J.Emanuel Cormier; Descomps.

Joé Descomps in brief

Born: 1869
Died: 1950
Known for: sculptor, goldsmith, jewelry designer, ceramicist, watercolorist and painter
Place of birth: Clermont-Ferrand

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Overview

Recorded at birth as Joseph-Jules-Emmanuel Descomps.

Born at Clermont-Ferrand in 1869, died at Paris in 1950.

In detail

training under Louis Auguste Hiolin is recorded. the recorded working language is French.

The authority associates the name with Art Deco.

Places of work recorded in the authority are La Charité-sur-Loire. Employment is recorded with Boucheron.

Work by Joé Descomps is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Hessian State Museum Darmstadt, Driehaus Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot.

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Sources

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1.
“Joé Descomps-Cormier”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q21020424: Joé Descomps
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