How to Pronounce Alexandre Charpentier
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Jun 10, 1856 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 04 Mar 1909 (aged 52)
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About Alexandre Charpentier
- Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856–1909) was a French sculptor, medalist, craftsman, and cabinet-maker. From working-class origins and apprenticed to an engraver as a young man, he became a studio assistant to the innovative medallist Joseph-Hubert Ponscarme.
- Along with Ponscarme, Louis-Oscar Roty, and other artists, Charpentier advanced a resurgence of art in French medal design.
- Charpentier's patrons included André Antoine, for whom he designed theatre programmes.Charpentier experimented with a wide variety of formats and materials—tin, marble, wood, leather, and terra cotta work, the latter executed by ceramic artisan Emile Müller.
- He opened several cabinet shops and designed many sets of furniture.
- Many of his custom designs for fixtures (doorknobs, door plates, window handles and the like) were subsequently mass-produced and commercially sold. Several of Charpentier's works are part of the Musée d'Orsay collection.
