Pierre Chareau
born 1883 Bordeaux, France
died 1950 East Hampton, USA
| 1899 - 1914 | was trained and employed as a technical draftsman at Waring & GilIow in Paris |
| 1919 | opened his own studio for interior design in Paris; his first furniture exhibition at the Paris autumn salon |
| 1922 | first exhibition in the Salon of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs |
| 1924 | opened La Boutique interior furnishings studio, Paris; worked together with blacksmith Louis Dalbet |
| 1926 | his first architectural commission, the clubhouse for Emile Bernheim in Beauvallon |
| 1928 | furnished the Grand Hotel, in Tours; designed the Maison de verre |
| 1929 | cofounded ‘Union des Artistes Modernes’ (UAM) |
| 1931 | completed ‘Maison de verre’; member of the advisory committee at L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, a journal founded by André Bloc |
| 1936 | exhibition of school furniture that could be dismantled at the Paris autumn salon |
| 1940 | emigrated to the United States via Morocco; built a residence for painter Robert Motherwell |
| As a furniture designer, interior designer, and architect, Pierre Chareau created works that combined Art Deco with Classic Modernism |
