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Christofle Jean Filhos Silver Plated Letter Opener:
$349.98

Christofle Jean Filhos Silver Plated Letter OpenerJean Filhous

Born in Mas d'Agenais (Lot-et-Garonne) on March 10, 1921, Jean Filhos undertook architectural studies interrupted by his arrest in June 1941. Prison, internment camp, then Resistance and clandestinity until the Liberation.

After the war, he resumed his architectural studies, frequented the studio of the painter André Lhote, met the sculptor Henri Laurens – two personalities who marked him.

- From architecture to sculpture (1948-1962)- Synthetic resins and polychromy (after 1960)- The creation of jewelry and objects Some notable participationsIn the village of Cher where he established his studio in 1987, he works alone on a series of reliefs located on the borders of sculpture and painting. The architect-sculptor quickly became interested in small objects, for which he retains the techniques of metal, now gold or silver, and lost wax, he sculpts colored stones or "extends" minerals.In these works, abstract elements will be gradually replaced by figurative elements by means of which he will successfully realize a precious erotic anthology, thanks to the help and complicity of François Gennari who opens his gallery on rue Bonaparte in Paris, dedicated to the jewels of sculptors.From 1962, he had various opportunities to show this important and meticulous part of his activity, mainly in exhibitions
- 10 centuries of French jewelry, at the Louvre Museum (Apollo Gallery)- Antagonism II: the object, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris- Contemporary art jewelry, at the Anderson-Mayer Gallery. From 1966, he created for Michel Cachoux several works of goldsmithery in unique pieces (the "extended stones")In 1969 takes place an important exhibition of his jewels at the Gennari gallery, rue Bonaparte in Paris.This is the beginning of a series of spectacular and very precious pieces.