Louis Morizot (1874–1957) was an influential French bow maker of great reputation.
Biography
Louis was born in Darney (Vosges), and worked in Mirecourt, France where he started a family dynasty.
Louis Morizot began his apprenticeship with
Eugene Cuniot-Hury
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, before joining the workshop of
Charles Nicolas Bazin.
Circa 1914 he worked for
Eugene Sartory an experience which influenced greatly his personal production.
In 1919 Louis Morizot established his own workshop at 5 rue Saint Georges in Mirecourt.
After 1920, his sons ( Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot) joined him as pupils before succeeding him in 1937 and renaming the firm "MORIZOT Frères".
Morizot Dynasty
"Louis Morizot trained many pupils including Bernard Millant and his five sons Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot.."
Among the six sons son's of Louis Père, the well-known Mirecourt bow maker, René (the youngest), is the only one to have dedicated his life to violin making."
René Morizot served his apprenticeship in Mirecourt with Emile Audinot. He settled in Mirecourt at 8 rue Saint Georges, in 1933.
In 1969, he joined the National school of violin making as a Master teacher, in Mirecourt, where he stayed until 1982.
His great grandson, Didier Claudel, entered the Mirecourt school in 1974 and became a master bow maker, he is still working at the craft today, based in South West France.
Honors and awards
Louis Père won the Grand Prix at the first exhibition Artisanale de Paris in 1924. (Meilleur Ouvrier de France).
Gold medal at the Exposition Artisanale de Paris in 1927.
Quotes
"Morizot brothers (Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot) trained with their father Louis Morizot. They in turn have trained many pupils including
Jean-Jacques Millant
Jean-Jacques Millant (1928–1998) was an influential French bow maker/archetier (French word for maker of string family bows) of the Dominique Peccatte school.
His cousin, Bernard Millant (born 1929) produced bows similar in style. Millant, ...
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Bernard Millant
Bernard Millant (1929 – 5 April 2017) was a bow maker, archetier and luthier in Paris, France. He was the son of Max Millant.
He studied violin making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt. He also studied bowmaking with Louis Morizot ...
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Roger François Lotte,
Marcel Lapierre and Charles Alfred Bazin
Gennady Filimonov
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References
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* Dictionnaire Universel del Luthiers - Rene Vannes 1951,1972, 1985 (vol.3)
* Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers
The ''Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers'' is a widely cited reference work providing information on approximately 9,000 violin makers. The work is based on the extensive notes of violinist and composer William Henley (1874-1957). Henley ...
- William Henley 1970
Morizot père et frères: the short history of a great family of bow makers
External links
photo: The Morizot brothers' workshop in Mirecourt in May 1948.
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1874 births
1957 deaths
People from Darney
Bow makers
Luthiers from Mirecourt