Georges De Feure

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Georges De Feure was a Belgium artist who worked in France most of his life. He was born in 1868 and died in 1943. De Feure is considered a French designer and painter. He was a talented artist who did a variety of things including paintings, glassware, interior spaces, furniture, graphic posters, dishes, and windows. Many of his first commissions were for poster and set designs including the once famous ones done for Chat Noir.

 He met Siegfried Bing who had begun to notice De Feure’s posters around Paris. His posters often depicted sensual women with lofty clothes and soft brown and rose colors. Around 1890 De Feure started to shift his attention away from painting and onto crafts and furniture design at the influence of Siegfried Bing. At this time De Feure also held the position of 'Professor of Decorative Arts' at the École des Beaux-Arts.



Candle Stick
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De Feure along with Eugene Gaillard and Edouard Colonna where chosen by Bing to design rooms for his Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle, Paris in 1990. De Feure designed the boudoir and toilette of Bing’s Pavilion.  After L’Art Nouveau gallery closed in 1904, De Feure began creating what is called vide-poche furniture. Vide- poche furniture makes use of compartments that are often hidden in the furniture. His work in furniture and silverware is very closely really to his work in painting and printmaking emphasizing liner patterns and feminine qualities. In 1928 De Feure was appointed to Professor at the École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts and he continued creating art in the art nouveau style.

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