Pierre Chareau
Pierre Chareau (4 August 1883 – 24 August 1950) was a French architect and designer. • Illustration — Clubhouse of Beauvallon golf course, built in Sainte-Maxime in 1926-1927 • Illustration — Maison de Verre 1928-1932 • Illustration — Bureau-bibliothèque de Pierre Chareau, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Pierre Chareau
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- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1950
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect · designer · art collector · industrial designer · interior designer · furniture designer
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Early life
Early life
Chareau was born in Bordeaux, France. He apprenticed at a Paris-based British furniture manufacturer, Waring & Gillow, after he failed his entrance exams to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Work
Work
Chareau designed the first house in France made of steel and glass, the Maison de Verre. Chareau was a member of Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne.
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The period of activity is recorded as 1945.
Move to United States
Move to United States
Chareau and his wife fled Nazi-occupied Paris to Marseilles and Morocco and eventually settled in the New York. Robert Motherwell commissioned a house in the Hamptons, which would be Chareau's last. Unable to secure another commission, he and his wife survived on the income she made from giving cooking lessons. Though he made efforts to show his work at MOMA and at the Musee National d'Art Moderne in Paris, he died in 1950, relatively unknown and penniless.
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Pierre Chareau was an architect, interior decorator, artist and furniture designer, born on 4 August 1883 in Bordeaux (Gironde) and died on 24 August 1950 in New York. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
In 2016, The Jewish Museum in New York City mounted the exhibition, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design which explored the architect's work.
Collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1883
Pierre Chareau born at Bordeaux.
1950
Pierre Chareau died at East Hampton.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1888111: Pierre Chareau
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- “Pierre Chareau”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091958831, Exposition "Pierre Chareau, 1883-1950" (1993-1994; Paris).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- 1.156.
- 2.Biographie. madparis.fr.
- 3.« l'école française », les créateurs de meubles du (Les créateurs )
- 4.Notice IMDB. www.imdb.fr.
- 5.Pierre Chareau (1883-1950). www.chateau-gourdon.com.
- 6.André Domin sur INHA.fr.
- 7.Bureaux de Pierre Chareau, site www.archiexpo.fr
- 8.Pierre Chareau, bureau en fer forgé, 1926, site www.tribu-design.com
- 9.Bureau de style Art déco par Pierre Chareau pour Georges-Henri Pingusson, site www.archiexpo.fr
- 10.« Bureau pour Robert Mallet-Stevens », piétement métallique nickelé et bois laqué, 1927, MNAM, site www.centrepompidou.fr
- 11.Les Noailles « Une vie de mécènes », site www.grapheine.com
- 12.« Lit à balancelle », encre bleue sur calque, vers 1925, MNAM, site www.centrepompidou.fr
- 13.Base Mérimée PA00125720 non .
- 14.Base Mérimée PA00125722 non .
- 15.Base Mérimée IA00112029 non .
- 16.Vue de l'appartement du créateur Pierre Chareau vers 1927, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris http://madparis.fr/francais/musees/musee-des-arts-decoratifs/collections/dossiers-thematiques/l-architecte-decorateur-pierre-chareau/amenagements/les-particuliers#&gid=1&pid=22
- 17.Base Mérimée PA00088790 non .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Pierre Chareau. Jean-Michel Place. 2001. 2-85893-579-3.
- Pierre Chareau architecte, un art intérieur. Centre Georges Pompidou. 1993. 2-85850-736-8.
- Pierre Chareau. Éditions du Regard. 1984. 2-903370-14-1.
- Un inventeur, l'architecte Pierre Chareau. 1954.
- Pierre Chareau with Bernard Bijvoet : Maison Dalsace (Maison de verre). A.D.A. Edita. 1977.
- Design of the 20th Century. Tashen. 1999. 3-8228-5873-0.
- Pierre Guénégan, préface de Susan L. Ball, Le Purisme & son influence internationale - annuaire de 50 artistes emblématiques, 335 pages illustrées, Editions Lanwell & Leeds Ltd, St Alban, Hertfordshire, England, 2019,
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authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091958831, Exposition "Pierre Chareau, 1883-1950" (1993-1994; Paris).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1888111: Pierre ChareauWikimedia Foundation
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Pierre Chareau is recorded as architect, designer, art collector and industrial designer.
Maison de Verre
1928
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