The French Union of Modern Artists

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The French Union of Modern Artists (French: Union des artistes modernes; UAM) was a movement made up of decorative artists and architects founded in France on 15 May 1929[1] and active until 1959.[2]

Initially made up of around 20 dissidents of the

Société des Artistes-Décorateurs (SAD) and led by Robert Mallet-Stevens, the UAM offered a strong and militant alternative to the SAD.[3] Motivated towards making a clean break from the past and struggling against objects in style, artists of the union proclaimed 'We must rise up against everything that looks rich, against whatever is well made, and against anything inherited from grandmother...impose will where habit is not invoked...overcome the habit of the eyes'. Young makers of jewellery joined the union with aims to create works of art in their field through the use of less expensive materials, making it more accessible than the current trend of expensive bijoux blancs.[4]

UAM members participated annually in the

Plexiglas
.

Members included as 'Actifs' on the 'catalogue de la première exposition de l'UAM, 1930 (catalogue of the first exhibition, 1930)':[6]

Other members include:

Bibliography

  • Museo degli argenti (Florence, Italy); Marilena Mosco (2001). L'Arte del gioiello e il gioiello d'artista dal '900 ad oggi = The art of jewelry and artists' jewels in the 20th century (1. ed.). Firenze: Giunti. p. 150.
    ISBN 978-88-09-01907-2
    .
  • Bony, Anne (2003). Furniture and interiors of the 1940s. Paris: Flammarion. pp. 112 & 146.
    ISBN 978-2-08-011158-6
    .
  • Arlette, Barré-Despond (1986). UAM: Union des Artistes Modernes. Paris. p. 573.
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    )
  • Les Années UAM 1929-58. Paris: Union centrale des arts décoratifs. 1988.
    ISBN 2-07-015032-1. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )

References

  1. ^ Arlette Barré-Despond & Suzanne Tise, Jourdain, Rizzoli NY 1991, Copyright 1988 Editions du Regard, p.330
  2. ISBN 978-88-09-01907-2
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  3. ISBN 978-2-08-011158-6
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  4. ISBN 978-88-09-01907-2
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  5. ISBN 978-2-08-011158-6
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  6. ISBN 978-2-903370-25-1
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  7. ISBN 978-0-500514-77-1
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  8. ISBN 978-88-09-01907-2
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