Jean Michel Frank - l'étrange luxe du rien

1 lingua: francese Legat. edit. rigida con sovrac. illustrata, cm 31x24, pag. 400, con circa 700 tra illustraz. a colori e in b.n. - a cura di Pierre Emmanuel Martin Vivier. Prefazione di Bruno Foucart - Jean Michel Frank (1895 1941) est une figure mythique des arts décoratifs. Cousin d'Anne Frank, sa biographie fait de lui un personnage de roman noir, d'une guerre mondiale à l'autre, du suicide de son père à Paris au sien à New York en mars 1941. Son style qualifié de luxe pauvre est tout aussi paradoxal que sa vie, qui s'est déroulée dans une apparente futilité et un certain mystère, avec des amitiés fidèles pour ses collaborateurs artistes ou architectes Alberto Giacometti, Christian Bérard ou Emilio Terry mais aussi pour ses clients, gens du monde, de la mode ou intellectuels - The most comprehensive book available on the most influential designer and decorator of 1930s Paris. The decorator Jean Michel Frank (1895 1941) is a mythic figure of decorative arts. His style, named as 'poor luxury', presents affinities with 18th century French neoclassicism, he reinterprets with subtlety and bares of all ornament. He mixes materials and covers his furniture with leather, parchment or galuchat. During his career, he develops strong friendships with some of his clients, as Charles and Marie Laure de Noailles, Nelson Rockfeller, Aragon, Lucien Lelong, Elsa Schiaparelli or Madeleine Vionnet. This monograph by Pierre Emmanuel Martin Vivier, PhD in history of art, replaces Frankís work in its artistic, intellectual and politic context. The study of Frankís production allows defining his style evolutions and reveals unknown aspects of his career, as his association with the cabinetmaker Adolphe Chanaux or his collaborations with Bérard, Giacometti, Laurens, Rodocanachi and Terry - Perfetto stato.