Eugène Samuel Grasset | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Eugene Grasset (Lausanne, Switzerland May 25, 1841-October 23, 1917 Sceaux, France) Born in Lausanne in 1841, to a cabinet designer/maker and sculptor, Grasset studied drawing under Francois-Louis David Bocion (1828-90), a student of Charles Gleyre. In 1861, Grasset went to Zurich to study architecture and later sculpture. Between 1865 and 1867, he traveled to Marseille and then to Egypt. These journeys would deeply influence his poster design later in life. Upon his return to Lausanne, he worked as a designer of decorative sculpture. In 1877, after six years in Paris, he began his early work as an illustrator, working with popular stories including “Le Petit Nab” (1877) and "Histoire de quatre fils... more.

We have 14 objects that Eugène Samuel Grasset has been involved with.

Cover, Cover for music score of Massenet's Enchantment

A brunette woman, wearing a yellow dress with a yellow sash around waist, bends over to observe and touch dark orange flowers. She stands on the path of a garden; a large bear tree to her left; in a diamond wreath, upper right: NO / VEM / BRE.

Drawing, Design for a Belt Buckle with Peacock Motif

A red-headed woman wearing a long terracotta-colored dress and a black shawl around her head stands carrying a cloth filled with green plants. The ground is snow covered and some plants and flowers stand around her. Behind her is an urn on a pedestal covered with snow. Upper left: DÉ / CEM / BRE.

A young blond woman in a yellow dress carrying a basket of flowers; she walks through tall sunflowers. In the foreground is a cropped fountain with lily pads and blossoms. Upper left, in a round wreath: AoûT.

A young woman on a ladder with a long black fur scarf around her neck. She is trimming branches in a walled garden. White lilies can be seen in the foreground. Upper left in a yellow circle: FE- / -VRI- / -ER.

Eugène Samuel Grasset has collaborated with
Maison Vever and
Librairie centrale des beaux-arts and
Heugel & Cie., Paris.

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