Charlotte Perriand
General Information
Occupation: Architect, Furniture Designer, Interior Designer
Date of Birth: January 01, 1903
Birth City: Paris
Birth Country: France
Resident City: Paris
Resident Country: France
Sources: Oedekoven-Gerischer, Angela, Andrea Scholtz, Edith Medek, and Petra Kurz, eds. Women in Design: Careers and Life Histories Since 1900. Trans. Martin Crellin. Stuttgart: Landesgewerbeamt, 1989. ; Excerpt from the introduction in the catalog of a Perriand exhibit written by Mary McLeod
Specialties
Subject: Furniture
Description: Designs in Japan in the 1940s and 50s included bamboo chaise lounges that were made by local craftsman using local materials.
Notes: Perriand wanted to offer her designs to a larger audience including working and middle classes
Jobs
No jobs on record
Collaborators
Name: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret
Project: Perriand joined Le Corbusier and Jeanneret's firm in the 1920s and helped them design the furniture and interiors such as the Salon d' Automne, the Pavillion Suisse, and the Armee du Salut. Thirteen years after she left the firm, Perriand again collaborated with Le Corbousier on the Unite d' Habitation at Marseilles
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Name: Jean Prouve
Project: Metal and wood furniture, lobbies for Air France in London and Tokyo, an apartment in Rio de Janeiro, worker's housing in the Sahara, department store exhibitions in Japan and mountain resorts.
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Notes: Perriand collaborated with Prouve while in independent practice in the late 1930s.
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
Title: Internationale Kunstgewerbeaustellung
City: Paris
Country: France
Start Date: January 01, 1925
Title: Salon des Artistes Decorateurs
City: Paris
Country: France
Start Date: January 01, 1926
End Date: January 01, 1928
Notes: participated in 1926, 1927 and 1928
Title: Autumn Salon
City: Paris
Country: France
Notes: with the "Bar under the Roof" and together with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeannerret "Appartment Furnishings" which were made by Thonet 1930 first exhibition in the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
Notable Projects
Title: Bar sous le Toit (Bar in the Attic)
Description: Perriand used chrome plated tubular steel, which gave her a name in the modern movement
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Title: Station des Arcs
Description: A winter vacation center for 18,000 residents.
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Notes: Done in collaboration with Jean Prouve
Title: Popular Front's Agricultural exhibit
Description: Exhibit was shown at the 1937 World's Fair
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Education
Institution: Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM)
Role: Perriand was one of the founders of the UAM
Organization: Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
Role: Member
Organization: Association des Ferivains et Artistes Revolutionnaires (AEAR)
Notes: A Communist sponsored association.
Organization: Maison de Culture
Role: Member
Notes: The Maison de Culture had ties to the Communist party and was led by Louis Aragon.
Publications By
Title: Charlotte Perriand, A Life of Creation
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Date Published: November 30, 2003
Notes: ISBN 1580930743
Publications About
Title: Charlotte Perriand
Author: Elisabet Vedrenne
Publisher: Assouline
Date Published: September 01, 2005
Notes: ISBN 2843236614
Title: Charlotte Perriand
Author: Brigitte Hadel-Samson, Charlotte Perriand
Publisher: Musee National Fernand Lager
Date Published: May 28, 1999
Notes: ISBN 2711838277
Title: Charlotte perriand: Modernist Pioneer
Author: Charlotte Benton
Publisher: Design Museum
Date Published: October 30, 1996
Notes: ISBN 1872005993
Title: Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living
Author: Mary McLeod
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
Date Published: December 01, 2003
Notes: ISBN 0810945037
Title: Livre de Bord
Author: Arthur Ruegg
Publisher: Birkhauser
Date Published: May 30, 2004
Notes: ISBN 3764370378
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