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Georges de Feure (1868-1928) 
Aliases: Georges "de" Feure; Georges "van" Feuren; Georges "van" Sluyters; Georges "van" Sluÿters; Georges Joseph "van" Sluÿters
Professions: Painter; Lithographer; Illustrator; Commercial artist
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GEORGES DE FEURE FRENCH, 1868-1943
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Georges de Feure French, 1868-1943 , Elegante pres d'une Source gouache and watercolour on paper
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GEORGES DE FEURE FRENCH 1868-1943
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DE FEURE Georges (1868-1943). Marguerite. 15000 /
Biography: de Feure
(b Paris, 6 Sept 1868; d Paris, 26 Nov 1928). French designer and painter. Son of a Dutch architect and a Belgian mother, he started out as an actor, costumier and then interior decorator in Paris. In 1894 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. With Eugène 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 (1900). De Feure’s carpets, glassware and furniture designs (see ART NOUVEAU, fig. 2) 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, which contained hidden marquetry compartments. This furniture suggested notions of secrecy and coquetry, themes that de Feure pursued throughout his career.
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