Victor PROUVÉ (1858-1943)
Portrait of Jean Prouvé... Lot 35
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Victor PROUVÉ (1858-1943)
Portrait of Jean Prouvé and Madeleine Schott talking, hand in hand
Pencil, monogrammed V.P. lower right.
24,5 x 29,5 cm.
Provenance: Prouvé family collection - We thank the artist's family circle for identifying the subjects.
Victor PROUVÉ (Nancy, 1858-Sétif, 1943)
Victor Prouvé was one of the major figures of Art Nouveau and one of the promoters of the Ecole de Nancy, of which he officially became president in 1903, after the death of Emile Gallé. An artist as virtuoso as he was inspired, a virtuoso draftsman, Prouvé refused to compartmentalize genres and was a painter, decorator, engraver, sculptor and ornamentalist all at once.
He created many models for Majorelle, Gallé or Eugène Vallin, but was also interested in bookbinding with Camille Martin, jewelry, textiles or leather.
His famous portrait of Emile Gallé painting a vase illustrates a collaboration between the two men that began in 1884 and saw Prouvé design marquetry, ceramic and glass decorations for his friend. All the work of this total artist embodies the joy of living - hence his predilection for family scenes and a real happiness in constantly painting or drawing his children.
But one of them has surpassed his father in notoriety. Born in 1901, Jean Prouvé, son of Victor, was placed under the best auspices from the start, since his godfather was Emile Gallé. He would become the modernist architect that everyone knows. On November 22, 1924, Jean married one of his father's students at the fine arts school, the Alsatian and Protestant Madeleine Schott. Their meeting dates back to at least 1923, as attested by these two portraits of the young lovers by Victor Prouvé, sketched with the
mastery of this prodigy draftsman whose graphics still bear the mark of Art Nouveau.
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