René Herbst (March 18 , 1891 – September 29 , 1982, in
Paris) was a French
furniture designer and architect, best remembered for his advocacy of the industrialisation of furniture as a form of
modern art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...
. He co-founded
The French Union of Modern Artists in 1929.
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1891 births
1982 deaths
French furniture designers
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