Pierre Chareau
Subtitle: modern architecture and design
By: Esther Da Costa Meyer ; with essays by Bernard Bauchet, Olivier Cinqualbre, Jean-Louis Cohen, Robert M. Rubin, Kenneth E. Silver, Brian Brace Taylor
Contributors: Bauchet, Bernard (Architect), writer of supplementary textual content; Cinqualbre, Olivier, writer of supplementary textual content; Cohen, Jean-Louis, writer of supplementary textual content; Rubin, Robert M., writer of supplementary textual content; Silver, Kenneth E., writer of supplementary textual content; Taylor, Brian Brace, writer of supplementary textual content; Chareau, Pierre; Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Jewish Museum
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300165791
Subjects: History; Exhibitions; Furniture design; Art deco; Architectural design; Decoration and ornament; Modern Architecture
Other titles: Modern architecture and design
Description: The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His extraordinary Art Deco furniture is avidly collected and his visionary glass house, the Maison de Verre, is celebrated, but the breadth of his design genius has been little explored. Chareau linked architecture, fine arts, and style; designed furniture for avant-garde films and chic homes; collected artists such as Picasso and Mondrian; and was a radical innovator in the use of materials. Essays by leading scholars embrace the full scope of his invention, offering detailed analyses of individual projects, the interdisciplinary nature of his work, his Jewish background, his place in the avant-garde of Paris between the wars, and his more recent reception. Extensive illustrations present a rich sampling of Chareau's furniture, architecture, interiors, fabrics, and wallpapers, as well as his own important art collection.
Notes: Published in conjuction with the exhibition, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, organized by the Jewish Museum, New York, November 4, 2016-March 26, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-283) and index.