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The life of a designer

Jean Prouvé in the arms of his mother, Marie Duhamel, 1901.
Jean Prouvé in the arms of his mother, Marie Duhamel, 1901. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé and his father Victor, 1911.
Jean Prouvé and his father Victor, 1911. © Fonds Jean Scherbeck – Centre Image Lorraine.
Jean Prouvé, ca. 1913.
Jean Prouvé, ca. 1913. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé during his apprenticeship with Émile Robert, Enghien-les-Bains, ca. 1917.
Jean Prouvé during his apprenticeship with Émile Robert, Enghien-les-Bains, ca. 1917. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé in Émile Robert’s workshop, ca. 1917.
Jean Prouvé in Émile Robert’s workshop, ca. 1917. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé and his brother Vic studying a quadricycle, ca. 1918.
Jean Prouvé and his brother Vic studying a quadricycle, ca. 1918. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
The Prouvé family on holiday, Ile-Tudy, Brittany. Victor Prouvé on the right, Jean Prouvé at the helm, ca. 1920.
The Prouvé family on holiday, Ile-Tudy, Brittany. Victor Prouvé on the right, Jean Prouvé at the helm, ca. 1920. © Musée de l’École de Nancy, album Poiré.
Madeleine Prouvé and her daughter Françoise, in a prototype of the Grand Repos armchair in Nancy, ca. 1930.
Madeleine Prouvé and her daughter Françoise, in a prototype of the Grand Repos armchair in Nancy, ca. 1930. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Madeleine and Jean Prouvé with Marcel Lods and his wife, Paris, 1937.
Madeleine and Jean Prouvé with Marcel Lods and his wife, Paris, 1937. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé testing the cockpit of a glider built by an apprentice in the Rue des Jardiniers workshop, ca. 1936.
Jean Prouvé testing the cockpit of a glider built by an apprentice in the Rue des Jardiniers workshop, ca. 1936. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Henri, Jean, Pierre, and Vic Prouvé photographed by their mother Marie, September 1939.
Henri, Jean, Pierre, and Vic Prouvé photographed by their mother Marie, September 1939. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé, mayor of Nancy, decorating General Sebree, liberator of the city, spring 1945.
Jean Prouvé, mayor of Nancy, decorating General Sebree, liberator of the city, spring 1945. © Centre Image Lorraine.
Military shelter erected in the garden of the family home, Rue d’Auxonne, Nancy, for the Prouvé children and their friends, ca. 1946.
Military shelter erected in the garden of the family home, Rue d’Auxonne, Nancy, for the Prouvé children and their friends, ca. 1946. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Madeleine Prouvé in the 8x8 demountable house in Carnac, Brittany, summer 1946.
Madeleine Prouvé in the 8x8 demountable house in Carnac, Brittany, summer 1946. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé in his office at the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, ca. 1948
Jean Prouvé in his office at the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, ca. 1948 © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Eugène Claudius-Petit, minister for Reconstruction and Town Planning, visits the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, 21 June 1949.
Eugène Claudius-Petit, minister for Reconstruction and Town Planning, visits the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, 21 June 1949. © Archives Le Républicain lorrain.
The Prouvé family on holiday with the frame of the “Papillon” (Butterfly) tent strapped to a jeep, ca. 1950.
The Prouvé family on holiday with the frame of the “Papillon” (Butterfly) tent strapped to a jeep, ca. 1950. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé, ca. 1950.
Jean Prouvé, ca. 1950. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Pierre Prouvé and a worker displaying a Metropole house portal frame, Maxéville, ca. 1950.
Pierre Prouvé and a worker displaying a Metropole house portal frame, Maxéville, ca. 1950. © Collection particulière.
Steph Simon, Martha Villiger, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand and Patrice Ferrand, ca. 1951.
Steph Simon, Martha Villiger, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand and Patrice Ferrand, ca. 1951. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé with Tarik Carim and an associate in his office at the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, 1952.
Jean Prouvé with Tarik Carim and an associate in his office at the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, 1952. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé at the Ferembal plant, Nancy, ca. 1953.
Jean Prouvé at the Ferembal plant, Nancy, ca. 1953. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé in his office at the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, ca. 1955.
Jean Prouvé in his office at the Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, ca. 1955. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé at the front door of his house, Nancy, ca. 1955.
Jean Prouvé at the front door of his house, Nancy, ca. 1955. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Abbé Pierre outside the Jours Meilleurs house with the family it was allotted for, Quai Alexandre-III, Paris, February 1956.
Abbé Pierre outside the Jours Meilleurs house with the family it was allotted for, Quai Alexandre-III, Paris, February 1956. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé and Alexander Calder at the Ateliers Goumy, Rue Picpus, Paris, 1958.
Jean Prouvé and Alexander Calder at the Ateliers Goumy, Rue Picpus, Paris, 1958. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Course on circular buildings, ca. 1960.
Jean Prouvé at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Course on circular buildings, ca. 1960. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Course on circular buildings, ca. 1960.
Jean Prouvé at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Course on circular buildings, ca. 1960. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé in the Far West during his trip to the United States, fall 1963.
Jean Prouvé in the Far West during his trip to the United States, fall 1963. © Collection Jean Swetchine.
Jean Prouvé and Jean Swetchine in Chicago, fall 1963.
Jean Prouvé and Jean Swetchine in Chicago, fall 1963. © Collection Jean Swetchine.
Jean Prouvé during a trip to the United States, fall 1963.
Jean Prouvé during a trip to the United States, fall 1963. © Collection Jean Swetchine.
Jean Prouvé outside his house, Nancy, ca. 1963.
Jean Prouvé outside his house, Nancy, ca. 1963. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé in his house, Nancy, ca. 1963.
Jean Prouvé in his house, Nancy, ca. 1963. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé and Françoise Choay in Japan, 1969.
Jean Prouvé and Françoise Choay in Japan, 1969. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé and associates Jacques Bédier, Reiko Hayama and Serge Binotto in his architecture studio, Rue des Blancs-Manteaux, Paris, ca. 1970.
Jean Prouvé and associates Jacques Bédier, Reiko Hayama and Serge Binotto in his architecture studio, Rue des Blancs-Manteaux, Paris, ca. 1970. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
The jury for the international architecture competition for the Centre Pompidou: chairman Jean Prouvé, 1971.
The jury for the international architecture competition for the Centre Pompidou: chairman Jean Prouvé, 1971. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.
Jean Prouvé receiving the Grand Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honor from President François Mitterrand, Paris, 1982.
Jean Prouvé receiving the Grand Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honor from President François Mitterrand, Paris, 1982. © Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.