Designer · France · 1901–1984
Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) – French constructor and designer from Nancy, trained as a metalworker, creator of Maisons Tropicales (1949–1951).
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1901–1984
- Country
- France
Jean Prouvé was born on 8 April 1901 in Nancy and died there on 23 March 1984. From 1914 to 1917, he attended École des beaux-arts in Nancy and apprenticed to the blacksmith Émile Robert in Enghien; from the early 1920s, he ran his own workshop. He worked with Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier.
He co-authored Maison du Peuple in Clichy (1938–1939, with Beaudoin and Lods), and created the Ferembal demountable house (1948), Maisons Tropicales (1949–1951) and Maison des Jours Meilleurs (1954), as well as, with J. Dimitrijevic, a museum in Le Havre (1952–1962). He taught at CNAM from 1958 to 1971. His works are held, among others, at Centre Pompidou and MoMA.
