His work had a profound influence on international fashions in clothing, home furnishings, graphic design, and decorative objects, and is held in the collections of such establishments as the Musee d'Orsay, Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, the Library of Congress, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Minneapolis Museum of Art.īenedictus died in Paris on January 29, 1930. He was invited to participate as a representative of Art Deco textile design in the Pavillion de l'Ambassade Francaise at the important 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Already a popular designer and critic of the Art Nouveau era, he found his stride with the advent of Art Deco, designing color palettes and geometric floral motifs that earned him commissions from leading European design firms. The second interest in the work of Benedictus focuses on his graphic art and design. This was followed by improved iterations leading to the 1936 invention of polyvinyl butyral, the basis for bulletproof glass. He patented his invention in 1909 but it wasn't widely used until World War I, and by 1919, Henry Ford was installing the glass in all of his automobile models.
Some experiementing finally produced was he called "laminated glass," in which a layer of celluloid was bonded between two sheets of glass. Having knocked a beaker off of a shelf in his studio and seeing that the pieces were still somehow connected, he surmised that it had to do with the liquid nitrocellulose that the beaker had contained. Of the later, he came across his invention by accident in 1903. Two factions of interest center on Benedictus: his work in artistic design, and his invention of shatter-proof glass. In the strengthening of glass sheets by means of celluloid, treating the celluloid with one of its solvents. In his lifetime he was deemed a Knight of the Legion of Honor and an Officer of the Legion of Honor by the French Government. EDOUARD BenedicTUS, 25 rue Fourveroy, Paris. It appears he came from an artistically inclined family, with the pianist Louis Benedictus (1850 - 1921) being his older brother.
See more ideas about art, art deco design, prints. Limited information is found on the chronology of his life and nothing is found on his education, but it is known that he was a talented artist and important inventor. Explore Judy Edenborough's board 'Edouard Benedictus', followed by 142 people on Pinterest. Shop for great deals on Edouard Benedictus Posters for sale We offer a huge selection of posters & prints online, with fast shipping. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its. This small exhibition nestled in the floors of the Nissim Museum of Camondo presents the work of decorator Edward Benedictus. Edouard Benedictus, artist, designer, composer, and chemist was born in Paris, France on June 29, 1878. Edouard Benedictus (1878 1930) was a French chemist, composer, book binder, textile designer, painter and inventor. Dover Publications, 1980 - Art - 46 pages.
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