Victor Prouvé, born 13 August 1858 in Nancy, dead 15 February 1943 at

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, Fernand Courteix, the Daum Brothers and Albert Heymann. He worked on book bindings with

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and the bookbinder René Wiener. In 1888, he discovered

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, which influenced the light of his paintings. In 1890 he went with the dissenting artists to the new Société des Beaux-Arts. He became the second president of the École de Nancy at Émile Gallé's death, in 1904. From 1919 to 1940, he took the direction of th
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He was the father of architect and designer

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(1901–1984).

Works

Selection of works by Victor Prouvé : File:Les voluptueux 9727.JPG, ''The voluptuous'' (1889) File:L'aube 09679.JPG, ''Dawn'' (''L'Aube''), 1900 File:La joie de vivre Victor Prouvé 0723.JPG, ''The joy of life'' (1904) File:Victor Prouvé Bellieni 1903.jpg, Poster for Bellieni binoculars (1903) File:Piano à queue La Mort du cygne.jpg, ''The death of the swan'' (1905) File:Salle à manger art nouveau (Musée de lEcole de Nancy) (8029194773).jpg, Masson dining room (1903-1906)

Bibliography

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(et al.), ''Victor Prouvé : voyages en Tunisie (1888–1890): dessins, aquarelles, huiles'', exhibition catalogue, Éditions Serpenoise (Metz), 1999, 95 p. . * Jean-Paul Midant, ''L'art nouveau en France'', Les Éditions du Carrousel (Paris), 1999, 174 p. * Madeleine Prouvé, ''Victor Prouvé, 1858–1943'', preface of

Jean Lurçat Jean Lurçat (; 1 July 1892 – 6 January 1966) was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry. Biography He was born in Bruyères, Vosges, the son of Lucien Jean Baptiste Lurçat and Marie Emilie Marguerite L ...

, Berger-Levrault (Paris), 1958, 204 p. * Jean Perrin, « La collaboration entre

et Victor Prouvé », in ''Annales de l'Est'', special issue, 2005, pp. 199–210 * Anne-Laure Carré, ''Victor Prouvé, 1858–1943'', catalogue of the eponym exhibitions presented in Nancy from 17 May to 21 September 2008, Paris/Nancy, Gallimard/City of Nancy, 2008, 299 pages. * Christian Debize, Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Sophie Harent, Emmanuelle Héran, Blandine Otter, Bénédicte Pasques, Jérôme Perrin, Philippe Thiébaut and Claude Tillier, ''Victor Prouvé (1858–1943)'', Gallimard, Paris, 2008, 306 p., 463 ill., .Victor Prouvé (1858–1943)
Report by Samuel Toutain. * Danielle Birck
« École de Nancy : la preuve par Prouvé, Victor »
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Notes and references

External links

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''Victor Prouvé – The École de Nancy years''

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Victor Prouvé exhibitions in Nancy in 2008
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