"Primavera Jacques Emile Ruhlmann & Jean Besnard 1930"
PRIMAVERA Jean BESNARD for primavera on one of the creations for Jacques Émile RUHLMANN HEIGHT 29CM "FOR SALE" The adventure begins in 1912 WITH Pierre Laguionie, director of Printemps and René Guilleré, founder of the Salon des artistes décoratifs. The workshop was staffed by young decorative artists such as Marcel Guillemard and Louis Sognot for furniture, and for art objects and ceramics by Madeleine Sougez active from 1920 to 1928, Claude Lévy from 1919 to 1929, Paule Petitjean from 1913 to 1929, Hélène Gatelet from 1924 to 1930, Marcelle Thiénot from 1929 to 1938, Charlotte Chauchet from 1912 to 1939, Wilfrid Prost from 1934 to 1941, Macé from 1922 to 1923. The passage of creators such as René Buthaud or Jean Besnard left their mark. In the field of glass and ceramics, artisan workshops are called upon such as Elchinger in Soufflenheim in Alsace, Paul Jacquet in Savoie, Louis Lourioux in Cher, Lucien Arnaud in Saint Amand in Puisaye, the Saint-Leu-La-Foret workshop or factories (Longwy, Quimper, Malicorne, Creil-Montereau, Sainte-Radegonde, CAB (Bordeaux Art Ceramics) A pottery purchased in Touraine also allows the artistic production of the table. IN 1925 at the Salon des Arts Décoratifs, the modernities of this workshop are revealed. The 1930s mark a revival with the arrival of a new generation of decorators such as Colette Guéden and Odette Lepeltier. Colette Guéden arrives in 1927, and takes over the management in 1934. Following the Second World War, a new impetus in the 1950s and 1960s. Colette's team Guéden, who strengthened himself with Alain le Foll, Geneviève Pons, etc., also called on external artisans such as Pol Chambost and Madoura with Suzanne Ramiè. The adventure ended with the departure of Colette Gueden in 1972. More information, ask me.