Louis Süe (1875-1968) was a French painter, architect, designer and decorator. He and André Mare co-founded the Compagnie des arts français in 1919, which produced Art deco furniture and interior decorations. He also designed buildings and interiors, including the interiors of two passenger liners.
André Mare (1885-1932) was an artist, and s...
Louis Süe (1875-1968) was a French painter, architect, designer and decorator. He and André Mare co-founded the Compagnie des arts français in 1919, which produced Art deco furniture and interior decorations. He also designed buildings and interiors, including the interiors of two passenger liners.
André Mare (1885-1932) was an artist, and studied at the Academie Julian Louis Sue also trained as a painter, but turned to interior design as early as
Mare was involved with Duchamp Villon's Maison Cubiste in 1912, while Sue worked with Poiret until the founding of La Maison Martine in 1912. In the same year, Sue set up his own decorating firm, L'atelier Francais, and began his association with Mare in 1914.
This association became a partnership in 1919 with the foundation of La Compagnie des Arts Francais which lasted until 1928.
Sue et Mare worked across the spectrum of the decorative arts from wallpapers to furniture. Their furniture used exotic woods and was clearly inspired by traditional French styles.
At the 1925 Paris Exposition their pavilion, Un Musee d'Art Contemporian, rivalled Ruhlmann's and the firm also exhibited furniture in the Ambassade Francaise and the Perfums d'Orsay boutique among other pavilions. The partnership ended in 1928 and Sue continued work in France throughout the 1930s.
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