DJO-BOURGEOIS ELISE ET GEORGES - ARCHITECT-DECORATOR, TEXTILE DESIGNER

ARGUMENT The Djo-Bourgeois, Elise (1894-1986) and Georges (1898-1937). Him is a decorator and architect, contemporary of Pierre Chareau and Charlotte Perriand, and prized by Robert Mallet-Stevens, the Noailles, the princess Faucigny-Lucinge. She established herself as one of the major textile designers of his time with Hélène Henry and Sonia Delaunay. Married, they are also loyal collaborators. Their creations are distributed by department stores of the time, that of the Louvre in France and Metz & Co in Holland. They are the first to develop a minimalist style combining geometry and flat tints colors, a style that announces the modern creations of Andrée Putman, Tadao Andõ, and in fashion that of Issey Miyake and Helmut Lang. THE AUTHOR Researcher, exhibition curator and teacher, Stéphane Boudin-Lestienne devotes himself to the rediscovery of the figures of the avant-gardes of the 20th century, by Robert Mallet-Stevens to Hélène Henry, via the de Noailles and or even architect Paul Tissier.