14 Facts About Francis Jourdain

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Francis Jourdain was a painter, furniture maker, interior designer, maker of ceramics, and other decorative arts, and a left-wing political activist.

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Francis Jourdain was born on 2 November 1876, son of the architect Frantz Jourdain.

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Francis Jourdain's father was the founder of the Salon d'Automne collection.

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Francis Jourdain's father was very much typical of this society.

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In 1911 Francis Jourdain began to design furniture, following the teachings of Adolf Loos.

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Francis Jourdain opened Les Ateliers Modernes in 1912, a small furniture factory.

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Francis Jourdain designed modular wooden furniture for working-class people, advertising in the socialist paper L'Humanite.

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Francis Jourdain owned a furniture shop by 1919, Chez Francis Jourdain.

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Francis Jourdain published many articles on modern art and aesthetics in which he attacked the ostentatious luxury that was typical of contemporary French design.

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Francis Jourdain collaborated with Le Corbusier in 1920 in publishing a journal titled L'esprit nouveau, subsidized by the government.

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Francis Jourdain's design used smooth wood paneling on the walls and ceilings that resembled riveted sheets of metal.

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Francis Jourdain worked with Robert Mallet-Stevens between 1925 and 1930.

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Francis Jourdain was a prolific writer on art in the period after World War II.

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Francis Jourdain died in Paris on 31 December 1958 at the age of 82.