Georges de feure 1900 exhibition boudoir session

Georges de Feure, pseudonyme of Georges Joseph Van Sluijters French Art Noveau designer & painter though of Dutch & Beligium descent.

Son of a Dutch architect and a Belgian mother, he started out as an actor, costumier and then interior decorator in Paris. In at the Galerie des Artistes Modernes he exhibited watercolours and paintings of a moderate Symbolist style, typically depicting women in a manner reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley’s work.

Capturing the essence of the feminine spirit became his trademark.

Georges de feure 1900 exhibition boudoir session

Georges de feure 1900 exhibition boudoir session

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With Eug?ne Gaillard and Edouard Colonna he was selected by Siegfried Bing, founder of the Galeries de l’Art Nouveau, to design rooms for his Pavilion Bing at the Exposition Universelle, Paris (). De Feure’s carpets, glassware and furniture designs for the boudoir and toilette were based on the theme of woman, emphasizing delicate lines and elegant sensuality.

He later left Bing’s gallery and, as an independent designer, created vide-poche furniture, w