[25], Boulle initially had aspirations to be a painter but according to one of his close friends, Pierre-Jean Mariette (7 May 1694 – 10 September 1774), he was forced by his cabinetmaker father, Jean Boulle, to develop other skills. Identification of some of Boulle's works based on the tell-tale refinements of the marquetry and the re-use of marquetry templates and characteristic boldly sculptured gilt-bronze mounts can at times be provenanced from three sets of images of furniture designs engraved by Boulle and published by his friend Pierre-Jean Mariette around 1720;[41] pieces depicted in a series of workshop drawings traditionally ascribed to Boulle in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and private collections; and the descriptions in the inventory of works in progress made when Boulle transferred legal ownership of the workshops to his sons in 1715. Alain Garric, "Essai de Genealogie sur André-Charles Boulle par Alain Garric". Williams writes, There was no limit to the prices a reckless and profligate court was willing to pay for luxurious beauty during the sumptuous, extravagant reign of Louis the Magnificent of France. André Holland (born December 28, 1979) is an American actor, widely known for his 2016 performance as Kevin in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight. In 2020, he plays a lead role on the Netflix musical drama series The Eddy, directed by Damien Chazelle. Throughout his career, Holland has acted in film, television, and theatre productions. One sheet would have been considered the primary pattern, in French the 'première partie'. [2], He attended Florida State University and studied abroad at the FSU London study centre during his time there. [1] His first stage performance was in a production of Oliver! 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On television, he has starred as Dr. Algernon Edwards in the Cinemax series The Knick (2014–2015) and as Matt Miller in the FX series American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016). cat., Paris, 2009; J-P. Samoyault, André Charles Boulle et sa famille, Paris, 1979. André-Charles Boulle's Protestant family environment was a rich and artistic milieu totally consistent with the genius of the Art he was to produce in later years. They were handed over the contents and technology of his workshops as early as 1715. Alternate heat and humidity are even greater enemies of inlaid furniture than time and wear. If the sandwich, or packet, contained two layers that were light and dark, the two finalproducts would be a sheet with a light pattern on a dark background, and a reversed sheet, with a dark pattern on a light background. ), Henry Fuseli, "The Gentleman's and Connosseur's Dictionary of Painters",1760 pp 644, T. Cadell (London). Here, in any event, he was closest to the Sun King. Beautiful patterns for hand embroidery and quilting. Had Boulle used the royal wardrobe, the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne to identify and record his output, things might have turned out differently. His warehouses were packed with precious woods and finished and unfinished pieces of magnificent furniture. As pointed out by the historians M. De Montaiglon and Charles Asselineau, this entourage included his aunt Marguerite Bahusche (on his mother's side) who was a famous painter in her own right, married to another very famous artist, Jacques Bunel de Blois, Henri IV's favourite painter. [42], A few of the more magnificent pedigree-pieces are among the worlds mobiliary treasures. Around this time, Holland began to perform more regularly on stage as well. ), André Charles Boulle : Un nouveau style pour l’Europe, exh. Boulle also created objects purely in gilt-bronze such as chandeliers, clocks, firedogs, wall lights among others, which contributed greatly to his fame. He portrayed politician and activist Andrew Young in the 2014 film Selma and sportswriter Wendell Smith in the 2013 film 42. He was an aristocrat among furniture makers. The first is that foreign artists flocking to the Sun King's Court were keen to be naturalised French subjects to 'fit in' and would, like Jean-Baptiste Lully the Royal Musician (28 November 1632 – 22 March 1687), have changed their names. II, London, 1996; A. Pradère, Les ebenistes Français de Louis XIV à la révolution, Paris, 1989; J-R. Ronfort (ed. André-Charles Boulle died on 29 February 1732 in the Louvre,[31] leaving many debts for his four sons to deal with and, to whom he had transferred ownership of his business and tenure in the Louvre some seventeen years earlier. 42 - La vera storia di una leggenda americana (42) è un film del 2013 scritto e diretto da Brian Helgeland. 30, Serial Number 30, September 7, 2015, [EBook #49904]. [2][3], Holland's first on-screen performance was in an episode of Law & Order in 2006. May 22, 2015. There are several fine authenticated pieces in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, together with others consummately imitated, probably in the Louis Seize period. and the École Boulle (founded in 1886), a college of fine arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, continues today to bear testimony to his enduring art, the art of inlay. Boulle made cabinets with both patterns in a single piece, or pairs of contrasting cabinets.'. The inhabitants enjoyed the status for life which freed then from the strict laws of the guild system and granted other legal and fiscal benefits. and took his first film role in the sports drama Sugar. Holland was born and raised in Bessemer, Alabama. [11], Holland's performance was singled out by some film critics, including those at Rolling Stone and GQ, who dubbed him a "standout" in the film. The system was very important to André Charles Boulle who was granted the prestige of a workshop in 1672, the same year he was named ébéniste, ciseleur, doreur du roi (cabinet maker, chaser, gilder to the King) by Marie-Thérèse d’Autriche (1638-1683), Louis XIV's wife and Queen. 990 talking about this. [34], Tortoiseshell was used in thin sliced inlays onto wood and is today an important reference with regard to Boulle Work. Throughout his career, Holland has acted in film, television, and theatre productions. Matthew PILKINGTON (Vicar of Donabate, Dublin. For much that was most splendid and beautiful in furniture making at this period stands the name of Charles André Boulle. Living beyond his means seems to have been a family trait as history repeated itself, twenty years later, when one of his sons was arrested at Fontainebleau and actually imprisoned until King Louis XV had him released.[24]. "[20], Since July 2018, he has starred in a production of Othello at Shakespeare's Globe, costarring with Mark Rylance. A Francophile, the king furnished the royal palaces with large quantities of fashionable French furniture from the 1780s until his death in 1830. He spent the greater part of his large fortune in filling his workshop with works of art. H. Lunsingh-Scheurleer, "Parmigianino and Boulle", Carolyn Sargentson, "Markets for Boulle furniture in early eighteenth-century Paris", Dell 1992:233-46 catalogues a very fine pair of 19th-century English copies in the. 'Wade Frugé (1916–1992) was a full-time farmer and part-time fiddler in southwest Louisiana. The identification of furniture produced by Boulle's workshop is greatly hampered by a lack of documentation of the pieces he created. Ze zijn de eerste nieuw bevestigde namen voor het meerdaagse evenement Live on the Beach. Jean Nérée Ronfort, "Inventaire d'un des magasins de la Direction Générale des Bâtiments du Roy à Versailles (c.1744-1746)", C.R. Jean-Baptiste Lully demonstrates, by his documented actions, that marriage was a propitious time to tidy up provenance. [44] There are at least 13 works of art by André-Charles Boulle in the Royal Collection, including (i)Armoire, c. 1700 (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle) (ii) Cabinet (en première-partie), c. 1700 (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle) (iii) Cabinet (en contre-partie), c. 1700 (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle) (iv)Cabinet, (without stand, similar to ones in the State Hermitage Museum and the collections of the Duke of Buccleuch) (v) Paire de bas d'armoire, (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle) (vi) Writing table, possibly delivered to Louis, the Grand Dauphin (1661–1711), c. 1680 (vii) Paire de torchère, c. 1700 (viii) Bureau Plat, c. 1710 (The Rubens Room, Windsor Castle) (ix) Petit gaines, attributed to., early 18th century. From 2014 to 2015, he starred in a supporting role opposite Clive Owen in the Cinemax original drama series The Knick. On the rare occasions when a pedigree example comes into the auction room, it invariably commands a high price; but there can be little doubt that the most splendid and sumptuous specimens of Boulle are diminishing in number, while the second and third classes of his work are perhaps becoming more numerous. No other document corroborates this birth in Paris. Despite his skills, his exquisite craftsmen and the high prices he commanded, Boulle was always running out of money. [37], 'Pewter or brass inlay on tortoiseshell was known as premier-partie, while tortoiseshell inlay on brass or pewter was contre-partie. 42 is an earnest, inspirational, ... Andre Holland Wendell Smith ... Marc-André B Super Reviewer. The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ), informally Holland , is a country primarily located in Western Europe and partly in the Caribbean . Some of these are of Catholic French origin, some are French Protestants and some are from Gelderland in Holland[10], The second factor is that André-Charles Boulle's birth date is almost certainly inacurrate. For an even more sumptuous effect, mother-of-pearl, stained horn and dyed tortoiseshell would be included in the design. [21] In 2018, he also made his Off Off Broadway directing debut with a production of Greg Keller's Dutch Masters. Il film narra la storia veramente accaduta nel campionato di baseball statunitense negli anni quaranta , quando Jackie Robinson fu il primo giocatore afroamericano a giocare nella Major League Baseball . Th. [29], Boulle's output from, at one time, three workshops included commodes, bureaux, armoires, pedestals, clockcases and lighting-fixtures, richly mounted with gilt-bronze that he modelled himself. [21], There is virtually nothing on André-Charles Boulle's youth, upbringing or training apart from a solitary Notarial Act dated 19 July 1666 (when he was supposedly 24 years old) agreeing a 5-year apprentice's contract for a 17-year-old nephew, François Delaleau, Master Carpenter from L'Abbaye des Celestins de Marcoussis in Paris. [14] He also received nominations for Best Supporting Actor from the Florida Film Critics Circle and Outstanding Supporting Actor at the Black Reel Awards. Although he undoubtedly drew inspiration for his own works from these purchases, it meant he did not always pay his workmen regularly. According to Boulle's friend, Pierre-Jean Mariette, many of his pecuniary problems were indeed as a direct result of his obsession for collecting and hoarding pictures, engravings, and other art objects. ... is dressed with Belgian linens; the circa-1960 bedside tables are by Joseph-André Motte, and the walls are sheathed in a Marmorino wall finish. This may explain a sense of 'missed vocation' and resultant 'passion' and utter dedication to the collection of prints and paintings, which nearly ruined him...[26], The first payment on record to him by the crown (1669) specifies ouvrages de peinture and Boulle was employed for years on end at the Versailles, where the mirrored walls, floors of wood mosaic, inlaid paneling and marquetry in the Cabinet du Dauphin (1682–1686) came to be regarded by such as Jean-Aimar Piganiol de La Force ( 21 September 1669 - 10 January 1753 )[27] as his most remarkable work.