JEAN
ROYERE

Jean Royère (1902-1981) was undisputedly one of the leading figures of French twentieth-century decorative arts. While absorbing the zeitgeist, and riffing on the modernist vocabulary, his sense of proportion, texture and color, twisted and turned the common into something original and thereto unseen. His designs exhibited a degree of flamboyance and reverie that separated him from the pack; pursuing a steadfastly decorative direction in stark contrast to his peers.