Biography
Bottom line :
After the war, he took the entrance exam to the Beaux Arts in Paris in architecture. Classics, Greeks, Romans, Bauhaus masters Frank Lloyd Wright, Buckminster Fuller, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe and many others inspire him.
Returning from a trip to North America with his partner Nicole, they opened the Galerie Chapo in Paris 5th in 1958. Alongside his first pieces of furniture, he exhibits decorative objects, lighting, dishes, ceramics and Scandinavian design furniture.
In his father-in-law's wood workshop in Clamart, he made his first models on his own, such as the L01, known as the Godot bed ordered by Samuel Beckett, the T01 table or the S01 stool. Not far from there, Boulevard Saint Germain, are installed Steph Simon, Knoll, Sentou, La Maison des Métiers d'Art... Artists, projects and works intersect, intermingle, help or compete: Scandinavia, Les Arcs, Serge Mouille, Charlotte Perriand, le Modulor, Georges Jouve, Japan, Simone Prouvé, Georges Candilis, Arne Jacobsen, Isamu Noguchi.
Over 100 models created by Pierre Chapo will emerge over the years. Models that for many will remain inscribed in the history of 20th century design.
Biography
Bottom line :
After the war, he took the entrance exam to the Beaux Arts in Paris in architecture. Classics, Greeks, Romans, Bauhaus masters Frank Lloyd Wright, Buckminster Fuller, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe and many others inspire him.
Returning from a trip to North America with his partner Nicole, they opened the Galerie Chapo in Paris 5th in 1958. Alongside his first pieces of furniture, he exhibits decorative objects, lighting, dishes, ceramics and Scandinavian design furniture.
In his father-in-law's wood workshop in Clamart, he made his first models on his own, such as the L01, known as the Godot bed ordered by Samuel Beckett, the T01 table or the S01 stool. Not far from there, Boulevard Saint Germain, are installed Steph Simon, Knoll, Sentou, La Maison des Métiers d'Art... Artists, projects and works intersect, intermingle, help or compete: Scandinavia, Les Arcs, Serge Mouille, Charlotte Perriand, le Modulor, Georges Jouve, Japan, Simone Prouvé, Georges Candilis, Arne Jacobsen, Isamu Noguchi.
Over 100 models created by Pierre Chapo will emerge over the years. Models that for many will remain inscribed in the history of 20th century design.
Pierre Chapo
1927 - 1987
1927
Birth July 23, 1927 Paris 20th in a family of craftsmen in Belleville.
Grandfather dyer, Grandmother felt treader, Balades de Montreuil à La Bastille
1927 - 1937
Municipal school, rue de Romainville.
Childhood: Stavinsky, the fiery crosses, Le front populaire, châtelet theater, Maurice Chevalier ...
1937 - 1947
His parents, dyers, cleaners, launderers, factory workers, settled in Vierzon in the Cher.
Adolescence: The war, occupation, supplies, secondary school in Bourges, choir, fishing, paintings.
1947
Important relationship with a marine carpenter from Vierzon: PERROT, works in his
workshop, where he is put at ease with wood, material, nature. Invent the pyramid
library.
1947 - 1949
End of family dependency eligible at Beaux Arts de Paris, quai Malaquais.
Adult: rue de Seine architecture, jobs: sign designer, tourist guide, travels...
1950
Continuation of studies at the Beaux-Arts, architecture section.
Love: Nicole Lormier, painter and sculptor, travel and exhibit in Scandinavia with the Ford T.
1955 - 1956
Travel to Central America, Mexico, U.S.A, Canada in Ford T.
Photo study in Guatemala, internship in architecture, birth of 1st son Nicolas.
1958 - 1962
Opening of the Chapo Gallery Boulevard de l’Hopital and first commission for Beckett.
The beginnings: lecturer in the U.S.A, Calvet's house in Montpellier, first model: L01, Godot bed.
1960
Arts and Techniques Exhibition of Crafts: Gold Medal of the City of Paris.
1962 - 1967
Setting in Gordes, opening of the Chapo’s factory, Society Chapo in Gordes.
The expansion: awards, Arts Ménagers, R08, B10, Workshop song, Gordes, Birth of Fidel.
1968 - 1972
Creation of the furniture workshop in Clamart.
Stone: Le grès, shop in Paris, sauna, cabinetmaking course, museum of Arts Décoratifs, conferences.
1973 - 1986
Creation of emblematic models such as the T21, the S45 with the Chlacc, the TGV, GO
1987
Dies of Charcot disease
Pierre Chapo
1927 - 1987
1927
Birth July 23, 1927 Paris 20th in a family of craftsmen in Belleville.
Grandfather dyer, Grandmother felt treader, Balades de Montreuil à La Bastille
1927 - 1937
Municipal school, rue de Romainville.
Childhood: Stavinsky, the fiery crosses, Le front populaire, châtelet theater, Maurice Chevalier ...
1937 - 1947
His parents, dyers, cleaners, launderers, factory workers, settled in Vierzon in the Cher.
Adolescence: The war, occupation, supplies, secondary school in Bourges, choir, fishing, paintings.
1947
Important relationship with a marine carpenter from Vierzon: PERROT, works in his
workshop, where he is put at ease with wood, material, nature. Invent the pyramid
library.
1947 - 1949
End of family dependency eligible at Beaux Arts de Paris, quai Malaquais.
Adult: rue de Seine architecture, jobs: sign designer, tourist guide, travels...
1950
Continuation of studies at the Beaux-Arts, architecture section.
Love: Nicole Lormier, painter and sculptor, travel and exhibit in Scandinavia with the Ford T.
1955 - 1956
Travel to Central America, Mexico, U.S.A, Canada in Ford T.
Photo study in Guatemala, internship in architecture, birth of 1st son Nicolas.
1958 - 1962
Opening of the Chapo Gallery Boulevard de l’Hopital and first commission for Beckett.
The beginnings: lecturer in the U.S.A, Calvet's house in Montpellier, first model: L01, Godot bed.
1960
Arts and Techniques Exhibition of Crafts: Gold Medal of the City of Paris.
1962 - 1967
Setting in Gordes, opening of the Chapo’s factory, Society Chapo in Gordes.
The expansion: awards, Arts Ménagers, R08, B10, Workshop song, Gordes, Birth of Fidel.
1968 - 1972
Creation of the furniture workshop in Clamart.
Stone: Le grès, shop in Paris, sauna, cabinetmaking course, museum of Arts Décoratifs, conferences.
1973 - 1986
Creation of emblematic models such as the T21, the S45 with the Chlacc, the TGV, GO
1987
Dies of Charcot disease
Pierre Chapo
1927 - 1987
1927
Birth July 23, 1927 Paris 20th in a family of craftsmen in Belleville.
Grandfather dyer, Grandmother felt treader, Balades de Montreuil à La Bastille
1927 - 1937
Municipal school, rue de Romainville.
Childhood: Stavinsky, the fiery crosses, Le front populaire, châtelet theater, Maurice Chevalier ...
1937 - 1947
His parents, dyers, cleaners, launderers, factory workers, settled in Vierzon in the Cher.
Adolescence: The war, occupation, supplies, secondary school in Bourges, choir, fishing, paintings.
1947
Important relationship with a marine carpenter from Vierzon: PERROT, works in his
workshop, where he is put at ease with wood, material, nature. Invent the pyramid
library.
1947 - 1949
End of family dependency eligible at Beaux Arts de Paris, quai Malaquais.
Adult: rue de Seine architecture, jobs: sign designer, tourist guide, travels...
1950
Continuation of studies at the Beaux-Arts, architecture section.
Love: Nicole Lormier, painter and sculptor, travel and exhibit in Scandinavia with the Ford T.
1955 - 1956
Travel to Central America, Mexico, U.S.A, Canada in Ford T.
Photo study in Guatemala, internship in architecture, birth of 1st son Nicolas.
1958 - 1962
Opening of the Chapo Gallery Boulevard de l’Hopital and first commission for Beckett.
The beginnings: lecturer in the U.S.A, Calvet's house in Montpellier, first model: L01, Godot bed.
1960
Arts and Techniques Exhibition of Crafts: Gold Medal of the City of Paris.
1962 - 1967
Setting in Gordes, opening of the Chapo’s factory, Society Chapo in Gordes.
The expansion: awards, Arts Ménagers, R08, B10, Workshop song, Gordes, Birth of Fidel.
1968 - 1972
Creation of the furniture workshop in Clamart.
Stone: Le grès, shop in Paris, sauna, cabinetmaking course, museum of Arts Décoratifs, conferences.
1973 - 1986
Creation of emblematic models such as the T21, the S45 with the Chlacc, the TGV, GO
1987
Dies of Charcot disease
Nicole Lormier Chapo
1925 - 1997
Nicole Lormier met Pierre Chapo during their studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Pierre, in architecture, and Nicole, in painting and sculpture. This initial training will never stop to be enriched by their meetings and expeditions to the four corners of the world.
She had her first son Nicolas in 1956. In 1957, Pierre and Nicole created the Chapo company, an architectural design office and interior design firm. They open in 1958, at 14 boulevard de l'hôpital 75005, a store where they sell the first Chapo pieces as well as lamps from Isamu Noguchi, Jean-Pierre Mignon, KNOLL.
She had a busy life, punctuated by a mixture of her passions for Japan and her work for the Chapo company.
Nicole's hunger for knowledge and insatiable curiosity have allowed her to develop a certain taste and a sense of harmony in the choice of fabrics and materials used in Chapo's furniture, particularly the leather of the benches and seats.
Nicole Lormier Chapo
1925 - 1997
Nicole Lormier met Pierre Chapo during their studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Pierre, in architecture, and Nicole, in painting and sculpture. This initial training will never stop to be enriched by their meetings and expeditions to the four corners of the world.
She had her first son Nicolas in 1956. In 1957, Pierre and Nicole created the Chapo company, an architectural design office and interior design firm. They open in 1958, at 14 boulevard de l'hôpital 75005, a store where they sell the first Chapo pieces as well as lamps from Isamu Noguchi, Jean-Pierre Mignon, KNOLL.
She had a busy life, punctuated by a mixture of her passions for Japan and her work for the Chapo company.
Nicole's hunger for knowledge and insatiable curiosity have allowed her to develop a certain taste and a sense of harmony in the choice of fabrics and materials used in Chapo's furniture, particularly the leather of the benches and seats.
Nicole Lormier Chapo
1925 - 1997
Nicole Lormier met Pierre Chapo during their studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Pierre, in architecture, and Nicole, in painting and sculpture. This initial training will never stop to be enriched by their meetings and expeditions to the four corners of the world.
She had her first son Nicolas in 1956. In 1957, Pierre and Nicole created the Chapo company, an architectural design office and interior design firm. They open in 1958, at 14 boulevard de l'hôpital 75005, a store where they sell the first Chapo pieces as well as lamps from Isamu Noguchi, Jean-Pierre Mignon, KNOLL.
She had a busy life, punctuated by a mixture of her passions for Japan and her work for the Chapo company.
Nicole's hunger for knowledge and insatiable curiosity have allowed her to develop a certain taste and a sense of harmony in the choice of fabrics and materials used in Chapo's furniture, particularly the leather of the benches and seats.
Fidel Chapo
1967 - 2021
I was born in Paris on September 23, 1967, the year my parents moved to the Vaucluse, in the heart of the Luberon. I grew up in an artistic environment, discovering many skills related to creation, from the wood workshop to the photo lab, through saddlery, modeling and of course drawing. In 1981, I moved to Paris to study at the Beaux-Arts, first in painting at Matais, then in metal sculpture at Perrin. On weekends, I sell and deliver furniture for the Chapo Gallery, located on the Boulevard de l'Hôpital in the 5th arrondissement.
In 1995, with a group of adventurers, I created the bar La Flèche d'Or, on rue de Bagnolet, which remains a Mecca of Parisian life. Until 2000, I worked as a temp then, saturated with Paris, I returned to the South. First, I spent four years in La Seyne-sur-Mer restoring the Merrymaid, a large classic yacht built in 1903.
Then, it is the return to the sources in Luberon, where with the assistance of my partner I start again the manufacture of the furniture Chapo stopped since ten years. "
Fidel Chapo
1967 - 2021
I was born in Paris on September 23, 1967, the year my parents moved to the Vaucluse, in the heart of the Luberon. I grew up in an artistic environment, discovering many skills related to creation, from the wood workshop to the photo lab, through saddlery, modeling and of course drawing. In 1981, I moved to Paris to study at the Beaux-Arts, first in painting at Matais, then in metal sculpture at Perrin. On weekends, I sell and deliver furniture for the Chapo Gallery, located on the Boulevard de l'Hôpital in the 5th arrondissement.
In 1995, with a group of adventurers, I created the bar La Flèche d'Or, on rue de Bagnolet, which remains a Mecca of Parisian life. Until 2000, I worked as a temp then, saturated with Paris, I returned to the South. First, I spent four years in La Seyne-sur-Mer restoring the Merrymaid, a large classic yacht built in 1903.
Then, it is the return to the sources in Luberon, where with the assistance of my partner I start again the manufacture of the furniture Chapo stopped since ten years. "
Fidel Chapo
1967 - 2021
I was born in Paris on September 23, 1967, the year my parents moved to the Vaucluse, in the heart of the Luberon. I grew up in an artistic environment, discovering many skills related to creation, from the wood workshop to the photo lab, through saddlery, modeling and of course drawing. In 1981, I moved to Paris to study at the Beaux-Arts, first in painting at Matais, then in metal sculpture at Perrin. On weekends, I sell and deliver furniture for the Chapo Gallery, located on the Boulevard de l'Hôpital in the 5th arrondissement.
In 1995, with a group of adventurers, I created the bar La Flèche d'Or, on rue de Bagnolet, which remains a Mecca of Parisian life. Until 2000, I worked as a temp then, saturated with Paris, I returned to the South. First, I spent four years in La Seyne-sur-Mer restoring the Merrymaid, a large classic yacht built in 1903.
Then, it is the return to the sources in Luberon, where with the assistance of my partner I start again the manufacture of the furniture Chapo stopped since ten years. "
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