The protagonists of the École de Nancy

Protagonists

Jacques GRUBER

Sundhausen / 25 february 1870 – Paris / 15 december 1936

Decorator and glass painter

Born in Alsace, Jacques Gruber settled in Nancy like many artists from the annexed territories. He studied in Nancy and then, from 1889, trained in…

Protagonists

Louis GUINGOT

Remiremont / 3 janvier 1864 - Lay-Saint-Christophe / 16 décembre 1948

Painter, decorator

Louis Guingot entered the École des Beaux-Arts and the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1880. Back in Nancy around 1895, he frequented the Nancy…

Protagonists

Louis HESTAUX

Metz / 1858 – Nancy / 1919

Draftsman, painter and decorator

In 1871, the Hestaux family left the annexed city of Metz and settled in Nancy. Louis Hestaux began his artistic training in Nancy, attending evening…

Protagonists

Louis MAJORELLE

Toul / 26 September 1859 - Nancy / 15 January 1926

Industrialist, decorative artist and cabinetmaker

After studying under Théodore Devilly and Charles Pêtre at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, Louis Majorelle was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts…

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Camille MARTIN

Nancy / 14 February 1861 - Nancy / 11 October 1898

Painter, decorative artist

Camille Martin grew up in the artistic milieu of Nancy. His father, Jacques, was a sculptor. From 1875, Camille was a pupil at the drawing school,…

[Translate to English:] Léopold Poiré, Portrait des frères Mougin, céramistes, vers 1907 (c) Palais des ducs de Lorraine - Musée lorrain

Protagonists

Joseph et Pierre MOUGIN

Nancy / 7 June 1876 - Nancy / 1961

Nancy / May 1880 - Gerbéviller 1955

Ceramists

After attending the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy and an apprenticeship with the sculptor Pierron, Joseph Mougin entered the studio of the sculptor…

Protagonists

Les frères MULLER

Bitche

Glassmakers

The Muller name is still associated today with the chandeliers, ceiling lights, lamps and glass tulips mass-produced in Croismare in the 1920s and…