Rob Mallet-Stevens. 1917-1940.
AAM editions| N° d'inventaire | 22258 |
| Format | 19 x 21 |
| Détails | 495 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Brussels, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782871433507 |
Rob Mallet-Stevens's (1886-1945) writings before the 1914-1918 war reveal his admiration for the Vienna Secession, which he discovered in the mansion of his aunt, Suzanne Stevens-Stoclet, built in Brussels by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann. He wrote about the theater and was also the first to take an interest in architecture in Japan. After the Great War, his focus shifted to the 7th art. He designed the sets for some twenty films and became a recognized figure in the field of film sets. This involvement would have a simplifying effect on his own architecture. He distinguished himself from his modernist colleagues by his sustained attention to applied arts, stained glass, wrought iron, sculpture... In 1925 he achieved notoriety with the construction of a villa for the Noailles in Hyères, followed by the inauguration in 1927 in Auteuil of a street that bears his name. The Villa Cavrois, in Croix in the north of France, inaugurated in 1932, today a historic monument, has attracted the enthusiasm of thousands of visitors since its opening to the public in 2015. After the publication in 2016, by AAM editions, of his writings from 1907 to 1914, this book brings together all those written between 1917 and 1940. The result of an intense research work of texts scattered in numerous publications, some extremely rare, this collection provides access to the critical thinking of one of the great European architects of his time. The various texts also reveal an author with an original style who is part of a family line of artists and a writer grandmother, Jeanne Thilda, a friend of Maupassant, who left her mark on her time.
Rob Mallet-Stevens's (1886-1945) writings before the 1914-1918 war reveal his admiration for the Vienna Secession, which he discovered in the mansion of his aunt, Suzanne Stevens-Stoclet, built in Brussels by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann. He wrote about the theater and was also the first to take an interest in architecture in Japan. After the Great War, his focus shifted to the 7th art. He designed the sets for some twenty films and became a recognized figure in the field of film sets. This involvement would have a simplifying effect on his own architecture. He distinguished himself from his modernist colleagues by his sustained attention to applied arts, stained glass, wrought iron, sculpture... In 1925 he achieved notoriety with the construction of a villa for the Noailles in Hyères, followed by the inauguration in 1927 in Auteuil of a street that bears his name. The Villa Cavrois, in Croix in the north of France, inaugurated in 1932, today a historic monument, has attracted the enthusiasm of thousands of visitors since its opening to the public in 2015. After the publication in 2016, by AAM editions, of his writings from 1907 to 1914, this book brings together all those written between 1917 and 1940. The result of an intense research work of texts scattered in numerous publications, some extremely rare, this collection provides access to the critical thinking of one of the great European architects of his time. The various texts also reveal an author with an original style who is part of a family line of artists and a writer grandmother, Jeanne Thilda, a friend of Maupassant, who left her mark on her time.