Jean Dunand
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Jean Dunand was a Swiss lacquer, sculptor, dinandier (copper manufacturer) and interior designer.
He is considered the greatest lacquer artist of the Art Deco period.
, Switzerland, as John-Jules Dunand-Gotcho, he later adopted the Frenchified first name of Jean. At the age of fourteen, he began studying sculpture at the Geneva School of Industrial Arts, where he won several prizes. After five years study, he was awarded his diploma. 1905, was elected to the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts after completing an interior for the Comtess de Bearn. Dunand along with Angst, Fraysee and Collet worked under the direction of Jean Dampt
. Few years later, he began working with Seizo Sugawara, a Japanese laquerist who had recently emigrated to France, to learned the seemingly lost technique of lacquer.
He is considered the greatest lacquer artist of the Art Deco period.
Biography
Born on the twentieth of May in 1877, in LancyLancy
Lancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.-Geography:Lancy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.5% is forested...
, Switzerland, as John-Jules Dunand-Gotcho, he later adopted the Frenchified first name of Jean. At the age of fourteen, he began studying sculpture at the Geneva School of Industrial Arts, where he won several prizes. After five years study, he was awarded his diploma. 1905, was elected to the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts after completing an interior for the Comtess de Bearn. Dunand along with Angst, Fraysee and Collet worked under the direction of Jean Dampt
Jean Dampt
Jean Baptiste Auguste Dampt was a French sculptor, medalist, and jeweler.Born in Venarey-les-Laumes as the son of a cabinetmaker, Dampt studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, then in 1874 under the leadership of François Jouffroy and Paul Dubois at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris...
. Few years later, he began working with Seizo Sugawara, a Japanese laquerist who had recently emigrated to France, to learned the seemingly lost technique of lacquer.