Maurice-Pillard Verneuil (1869 – 1942)
Born in Saint-Quetin in the Nord-de-France, Maurice-Pillard Verneuil was among the leading French artists working in the genre of decorative design in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
As a pupil of Eugene Grasset, the prominent Swiss-born painter, sculptor, and pioneer in Art Nouveau design, Verneuil firmly established that Art Nouveau artists were able to celebrate nature in a way that brought together the nineteenth century obsession with scientific accuracy and its marvelously eclectic understanding of ornamental practice.
His designs spanned the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods and he later successfully transitioned into geometric patterns. From the late ‘20s onward, Verneuil’s design portfolios were directly inspired by abstract art. These geometric patterns were easy to reproduce and, as such, were very well suited to the field of textile design.
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