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With the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts of 1925, Art Deco seduced the world. From New York to Paris, the press celebrated this event which imposed this universal style in a lasting way. Crossing the Atlantic aboard sumptuous liners such as Île-de-France and Normandie, great French decorators like Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, Jules Leleu, André Mare, Jean Dunand and Pierre Chareau exhibited in department stores, from New York to Philadelphia.
From Mexico to Canada, the craze was carried by North American architects trained at the École nationale des beaux-arts in Paris from the beginning of the 20th century, then at the Art Training Center in Meudon and at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts, two art schools founded in the aftermath of the First World War which strengthened ties between the two continents. The America of Raymond Hood and Wallace K. Harrison, authors of the Rockefeller Center, adopted the French architects and artists Léon Arnal, Edgar Brandt, Jacques Carlu, Paul Cret, Alfred Janniot, and more.
The original research in this work reveals a reciprocal emulation which is illustrated as much in the architecture and ornamentation of skyscrapers as it is in cinema, fashion, the press, sport and the art of living. The new style was worn by figures such as Paul Iribe and Cecil B. DeMille, Jean Patou and Paul Poiret, Lindbergh, Costes and Bellonte, Joséphine Baker and Johnny Weissmuller.
Thirty-seven texts and 350 illustrations allow you to discover the unique links that unite France and America, from Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty to the Streamline style which succeeded Art Deco. This new design with fluid, curved lines emerged in the 1930s and was the star of the 1939 New York World Fair, which had the theme “The World of Tomorrow”.
Work co-published with the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine.
Under the direction of Emmanuel Bréon. Texts by Silvia Barisione, Emmanuel Bréon, Anne Camilli, Hubert Cavaniol, Sung Moon Cho, Dorian Dplombville, Franck Delorme, Olivier Dufour, Victorien Georges, Isabelle Gournay, Jean-Marc Irollo†, Léna Lefranc-Cervo, Claire Maingon, Laure de Margerie, Bénédicte Mayer, Valérie Montalbetti, Laurence Mouillefarine, Renaud Richebé
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