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Serrurier-Bovy, a unpractical designer (1858 - 1910), English edition
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| Authors : | Françoise Bigot du Mesnil du Buisson & Etienne du Mesnil du Buisson |
| Publisher : | Faton (2008) |
| Binding : | Hardcover w/jacket (300 packed color pages) 9-½ inches x 12 inches |
| Language : | English |
| ISBN : | 978-2-87844-110-9 |
| EAN : | 9782878441109 |
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Description
vermeil, pierres semi-précieuses (bowenite ?), sulfure de perle et perles baroques
Dimensions
H. 11,7 ; L. 5,8 cm.
Place of conservation
musée d'Orsay
1997, acquis (comité du 16/01/1997, conseil du 22/01/1997, arrêté du 30/01/1997)
1997, attribué au Musée d'Orsay
Modality of acquisition
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Joyas de artista, del modernismo a la vanguardia - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - Espagne, Barcelone, 2010-2011, n° 33
General bibliography
Watelet, Jacques-Grégoire, Serrurier-Bovy : de l'Art Nouveau à l'Art Déco, Bruxelles, Atelier Vokaer, 1986
Thiébaut, Philippe, 48/14 La revue du Musée d'Orsay, "Nouvelles acquisitions", Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1997, p. 37
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After graduating in Liege, Belgium, Gustave Serrurier (1858 -1910) worked as an architect from 1879 to 1888. Through his reading of the works of Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc, he discovered the necessary foundations for his architectural thinking: he always believed that form should be the result of principles and reasoning and not be worked for its own sake.
In 1884, he married Maria Bovy, who opened a shop in his name, while he continued his career as a builder. In 1888, he turned to the furniture trade following the failure of one of his architectural projects.
Influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and inspired by the writings of the English artist William Morris, he moved to London in 1891 to become a furniture designer. His success came in 1894, when he presented a cabinet at the Exposition de la Libre Esthétique in Brussels.
Always following a rational logic, in 1902 he mechanized his production to make his designs accessible to a large number of people. He designed for the machine and no longer for the craftsman's hand. He changed his method by using mathematical curves, ingenious constructions, industrial irons, and strict straight lines. His creations of wooden furniture and decorative metal objects are elegant, symmetrical and linear. They are enriched by stencil p