Jean Dunand Biography

(1877 - 1942)

Dunand began his career as a sculptor and maker of fine decorative objects, but later (around 1909) he became interested in lacquer - it is his lacquered panels, interior design, and furniture that he is most well known. He exhibited his artwork and design throughout the interwar years, and at the 1925 Paris Exposition co-designed the famous smoking room of the Ambassade Francais. By 1921 he was showing large pieces of lacquer furniture. Dunand contributed his design talent to the three great French ocean liners of the period: the lle de France ( 1928), the Normandie ( 1935), and the Atlantique (1931).

The following is a list of Jean Dunand's artwork:

Tête de cheval
Portrait de Madame Henri Dutey
L'homme à l'oiseau
Lac bleu (paravent)
Panthères s'abreuvant
Cerisier en fleurs
Poisson
Canard
Biche
Tête de cheval
Wire Hair Terrier
Four-panel, Poisson Screen
Tête de cheval