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Maurice Dufrêne (1876–1955) was a French decorative artist who headed the ''Maîtrise'' workshop of the ''Galeries Lafayette'' department store. ==Life== Maurice Dufrêne was born in Paris in 1876. His father had a wholesale commodities business. Dufrêne would collect left-over pieces of wood, cardboard and fabric from his father's workplace and turn them into decorative artworks. He studied at the ''École des Arts Decoratifs''. Originally he planned to be a painter. Dufrêne found a position as a manager and furniture designer at ''La Maison Moderne'' of Julius Meier-Grafe, whose showrooms displayed rooms decorated in Art Nouveau style. There he worked with designers such as Henry van de Velde, Victor Horta, Charles Plumet and Anthony Selmersheim. From 1903 Dufrêne exhibited regularly at the ''Salon d'Automne'' and the Salons of ''Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts''. In 1904 he was one of the founding members of the ''Société des artistes décorateurs'', and for thirty years he would exhibit at its Salon. He designed many different types of decorative art including metalwork, ceramics, glass and fabric. He also designed complete interiors, but was best known for his furniture. Dufrêne taught at the ''École Boulle'' of Paris from 1912 to 1923. He also taught at the ''École des Arts Appliqués''. He was one of the main designers of the modernistic set for the 1919 film ''Le Carnaval des vérités''. In 1921 the ''Galeries Lafayette'' launched the ''Maîtrise'' workshop under Dufrêne's direction. This workshop followed the ''Primavera'' of the Printemps store founded in 1912 by René Guilleré and also competed with Paul Follot's ''Pomone'' of Le Bon Marché, and the ''Studium'' of the Grands Magasins du Louvre. Dufrêne designed the ''Maîtrise'' exhibit of the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris. The pavilion itself was designed by the architects J. Henart, G. Tribout and G. Beau. Dufrêne decorated the interior with painting on the walls and ceiling, hanging lights, narrow metal railings and decorative objects. Every element illustrated the Art Deco objective of developing a new style. He produced designs for ''Christofle'', a large firm that manufactured high-quality Art Deco metalwork in the 1920s and 1930s. He remained busy throughout the 1930s. Dufrêne died in Nogent-sur-Marne in 1955. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maurice Dufrêne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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