Jean-Marie Gavreau : art, handicrafts, and national culture in Quebec from the 1920s until the 1950s

Author

Giovine, Cinzia Maurizia; Cullars, John (Translator)

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Design issues. 1994, Num. 3, Vol. 10, 22-31

ISSN

0747-9360

Abstract (en)

Examines the writings and philosophy of the Canadian interior designer J.-M. Gavreau, founder and director of the Ecole du Meuble in Montreal, in the context of French Canadian economic problems, issues of cultural identity, and the ideological polemic in favor of craftsmanship over industrialization. Comments on the influence that his experience at the Ecole Boulle in Paris had on him.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Decorative arts -- Canada
• Crafts
• Canada
• 1900-2000
• Québec (province, CAN)
• Industrialization
• Directors
• Cabinetwork
• Gavreau, Jean-Marie, 1903-1970
• Cultural identity
• Economics
• Writings
• Canadians
• France

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Arts décoratifs -- Canada
• Artisanat
• Canada
• 1900-2000
• Québec (province, CAN)
• Industrialisation
• Directeurs
• Ebénisterie
• Gavreau, Jean-Marie, 1903-1970
• Identité culturelle
• Economie
• Ecrits
• Canadiens
• France

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00313556

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