Georges de Feure
Georges de Feure (real name Georges Joseph van Sluijters, 6 September 1868 – 26 November 1943) was a French painter, theatrical designer, and industrial art designer in the symbolism and Art Nouveau styles.
De Feure was born in Paris. His father was an affluent Dutch architect, and his mother was Belgian. De Feure had two sons, Jean Corneille and Pierre Louis, in the early 1890s with his mistress Pauline Domec and a daughter with his first wife Marguerite Guibert (married 7 July 1897).
In 1886, de Feure was one of the eleven students admitted at the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, which he did however leave very quickly for Paris since he felt that formal academic training had nothing to offer him. Being of very independent nature, de Feure never again took up formal artistic studies, and forged his own independent path. He was however influenced by Jules Chéret in his posters for the café concert but most likely was never his pupil and became the key designer of Siegfried Bing for L'Art Nouveau.
He showed work in the Exposition Universelle de Paris exhibition in 1900. He designed furniture, worked for newspapers, created theater designs for Le Chat Noir cabaret and posters. In August 1901, de Feure was nominated Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for his contribution to the decorative arts. He died in poverty at the age of 75 years in Paris.
Gallery
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Jane Derval Folies-Bergère (Paris, 1904)
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circa 1898
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circa 1899
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circa 1900
- Posters published in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
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Pl 10
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Pl 130
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Pl 146
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Pl 199
Further reading
[edit]- Fiell, Charlotte; Fiell, Peter (2005). Design of the 20th Century (25th anniversary ed.). Köln: Taschen. p. 193. ISBN 9783822840788. OCLC 809539744.
- George de Feure: 1868–1928 / Ian Millman.- Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum; Zwolle: Wanders [Distr.]. I11.- (19th century masters;4) ISBN 90-6630-444-8
- Ian Millman Georges de Feure : maître du symbolisme et de l'Art nouveau, A.C.R. Edition internationale, Paris-Courbevoie 1992
External links
[edit] Media related to Georges de Feure at Wikimedia Commons