VERNER PANTON
Verner Panton trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,
Copenhagen, and initially worked in Arne Jacobsen´s
architectural practice. He established his own design office in
1955 and is credited with the design of the very first single-form
injection-moulded plastic chair - the Stacking chair designed in
1960. He was primarily concerned with the possibilities of using
new materials and innovative forms such as the futuristic Cone
chair - 1958
Wire Cone - 1960
S chair - 1966 to name a few
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JEAN PROUVE - FRANCE 1901 - 1984
designer and architect
The metal furniture of Jean Prouvé was produced copiously in
every studio and workshop. The style is set apart from the Bauhaus
steel furniture of the time by his rejection of the steel tube
technique. Prouvé had more faith in the durability and form of
sheet metal, "bent, pressed, compressed then welded."
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PABLO PICASSO - 1881 - 1973
was a Spanish painter and sculptor. One of the most recognized
figures in 20th century art, he is best known as the co-founder,
along with Georges Braque, of cubism.
Picasso's work is often categorized into "periods". While the
names of many of his later periods are debated, the most
commonly accepted periods in his work are:
Blue Period (1901–1904), consisting of somber, blue-tinted
paintings influenced by a trip through Spain and the recent death
of a friend, often featuring depictions of acrobats, harlequins,
prostitutes, beggars and artists.
Rose Period (1905–1907), characterized by a more cheery style
with orange and pink colors, and again featuring many
harlequins. He met Fernande Olivier, a model for sculptors and
artists, in Paris at this time, and many of these paintings are
influenced by his warm relationship with her, in addition to his
exposure to French painting.
African-influenced Period (1908–1909), influenced by the two
figures on the right in his painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon,
which were themselves inspired by African artifacts.
Analytic Cubism (1909–1912), a style of painting he developed
along with Braque using monochrome brownish colours, where
they took apart objects and "analyzed" them in terms of their
shapes. Picasso and Braque's paintings at this time are very
similar to each other.
Synthetic Cubism (1912–1919), involving the use of collage and
cut paper, the first time collage had been used in fine art.
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Ulla Procopé’s
- in 1960's makes Arabia’s name known over the world.
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A Alan Perkins - Toronto Canada
He is sometimes compared to Frank Lloyd Wright and Piet
Mondrian as a 20th Century Icon
Arthur Alan Perkins left his career in Architecture in 1968 in order
to pursue a career in Viltreous Enamel medium. His drawings and
paintings are executed through the fusion of glass to metals.
The techniques are two to three thousand years old.
Alan Perkins, well-respected enamellist and teacher, passed
away on June 3 at the age of 90. A trained architect, he left that
profession in 1968 to pursue a career in the Vitreous Enamel
medium creating work that was exhibited internationally. A 1996
retrospective at CCGG drew upon thirty years of art activities. His
drawings and paintings were executed through the fusion of glass
and metals using techniques two to three thousand years old. But,
heinfused these ancient techniques with a modern sensibility
creating work that was contemporary, beautiful and timeless.
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Pierre Paulin (born in 1927 in Paris in France) is a French designer.
It was student at the Camondo school. In 1953, success arrives
with the Ideal Home Exhibition. The characteristic of the design of
Paulin lies in materials used for the manufacture of the seats.
Those are stuffed of foam and are equipped with coloured jersey.
1953: first exposure of pieces of furniture to the section “the Hearth
of today” of the Ideal Home Exhibition. Paulin then finds his
influences in Scandinavian furniture and the American
productions of Charles Eames and Florence Knoll
1954: Thonet-France starts to publish the pieces of furniture of
Pierre Paulin
1958: The publisher of Artifort pieces of furniture, based in
Maastricht, decides to direct it towards the contemporary piece
of furniture and gathers a team of creators among whom Pierre
Paulin
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