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Published to accompany the major exhibition at the Musee des Arts
Decoratifs, Paris, this book is destined to become a must-have work
of reference for all fashion lovers. The couturiere Elsa
Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was a key figure in Paris fashion between
the two World Wars. Following in the footsteps of her mentor Paul
Poiret, she designed her first knitwear collection in January 1927.
Decorated with trompe-l'oeil motifs in black and white, her
sweaters were an immediate success in both France and the USA. In
1935, the Maison Schiaparelli opened in the Place Vendome in Paris,
selling collections designed for sports, city and evening wear.
Like her arch-rival Gabrielle Chanel, Schiaparelli also worked
closely with artists, including Man Ray, Jean Cocteau and Salvador
Dali, with whom she created a lobster dress. Taking a cue from
Surrealism, her creations were hugely imaginative and made use of
innovative new materials. The 'Schiap' style continued to develop
through the 1930s. Her most famous collections had themes including
the circus (summer 1938) and astrology (winter 1938-39). In 1937,
Schiaparelli launched the fragrance Shocking, named after shocking
pink, which had become her signature colour. Alongside vintage
photographs, sketches and contemporary features from Harper's
Bazaar and Vogue, this volume presents specially photographed
masterpieces from the collection of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs
in Paris. All 120 garments and accessories from the Schiaparelli
archive are illustrated, along with a selection of her drawings
dating from 1933 to 1953.
Egon Schiele lived in Vienna during its last years as capital of
the declining Habsburg Empire. Rejected by his family and hounded
by society for his interest in young girls, he expressed through
his art a deep and bewildering loneliness and an obsession with
sexuality, death and decay. Schiele died at the age of
twenty-eight, yet he left behind him a body of work that sustains a
huge public reputation - and myth. This profusely illustrated book
delves into both the controversial sexual themes and neglected
aspects of Schiele's art, notably his formal experiments and his
later expressionist portraits and allegorical paintings - works
that reveal much about the importance of his short career.
Svelte and seductive, the Spine chair, shown on the cover of this
book, is one of the most renowned objects in contemporary design.
Its creator, Andre Dubreuil, after initially pursuing a career of
antique dealer and a painter-decorator, became one of the leading
figures of new English design in the mid-1980s, with Mark
Brazier-Jones and Tom Dixon. After first working his magic on the
rebar, Dubreuil tackled traditional forms, breathing new life into
them. This return to citation, ornament, and to "craftsmanship" was
carried out without qualms. For him, invention is what counts above
all. The history of styles has never caught hold of him because he
does not know where his craft will lead tomorrow. It is a craft
which, through random experimentation, has been the catalyst for
400 enigmatic furniture objects from 1985 to today: chairs, chests
of drawers, mirrors, cabinets, clocks, lanterns, etc. in which
dreams, invention and mystery prevail over function.
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Alphonse Mucha (Hardcover)
Agnes Husslein-Arco, Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Michel Hilaire, Christiane Lange
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Now available in a new edition, this gorgeous volume surveys the
entire breadth of Alphonse Mucha's work--from illustration and
decorative arts to his photography and the historical paintings
that were his life's passion. Alphonse Mucha is known largely for
having originated Art Nouveau, when his poster of the actress Sarah
Bernhardt became a legendary icon of the movement. Mucha went on to
design hundreds of pieces in the decorative arts field, but later
distanced himself from the style he pioneered, devoting his time
and energy to painting. This book presents the full array of
Mucha's artistic contributions--not only his posters and jewelry
designs but also his design for the pavilion of Bosnia and
Herzegovina at the 1900 world's fair. The book also contains his
works on canvas, which include pastels and frescoes, and his magnum
opus, The Slavic Epic, a series of 20 paintings depicting the
history of his native people. A stunning selection of nearly 500
color illustrations is accompanied with essays that explore Mucha's
style and inspirations, his transition away from the decorative
arts, and his forays into photography. Fans of Art Nouveau will
treasure this dazzling and unique study of the artist and his
contributions to design and illustration.
An artist-designer who defies classification, Pucci de Rossi
(1947-2013) was a pillar of the European art scene in the 1980s.
Originally from Verona, and trained by the American sculptor H. B.
Walker, Pucci de Rossi created his first pieces by assembling
wooden furniture to make some rather odd-looking and unstable
forms, somewhere between thrones and time machines. "My profession
was a game to me," he once remarked. "I was cutting, I was making,
I was inventing." His first designs, steeped in poetry and humour,
recalled the minimalism of Arte Povera as much as Studio Memphis'
neobaroque. Jewellery, furniture, sculpture, painting: Pucci's
universe knew no limits except those of his own imagination. In his
hands, even the most modest materials transcended themselves to
become works of great visual and functional power. This was soon
recognised; after 1985 he regularly exhibited in Paris, and in New
York at the gallery Neotu, founded by Pierre Staudenmeyer. Some of
his most notable accomplishments involve designing the layout for
the Barbara Bui boutique in Paris, and the palace of the auctioneer
Jean-Claude Binoche in Venice. In the 1990s his work was on display
at the Downtown Gallery, and in 1994-1995 he collaborated with the
CIRVA in Marseille. Shortly prior to his death, Jacques-Antoine
Granjon, one of his most faithful collectors, commissioned a sketch
for the frontage of the VentePrivee.com building in La
Plaine-Saint-Denis. Baptized 'Verona', the metallic skin covering
the facade, which was inspired by that drawing, pays tribute to him
today. Pucci de Rossi created more than 900 pieces during his
lifetime; this book gives him the commemoration he deserves.
Two hundred masterpeices from the Due d'Aumale's (1822-1897)
world-class collection.
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