Atelier Desjobert

Atelier Desjobert
Founded1923
FounderEdmond Desjobert
TypeLithography studio
Location
  • Paris, France
ProductsFine-art lithographs, posters
Key people
Jacques Desjobert

The Atelier Desjobert was a Parisian printmaking workshop, founded in 1923 by Edmond Charles Léon Desjobert.[1][2] Grounded in traditional lithographic techniques, it became an influential centre for experimentation in printmaking in the 20th century and was notably popular with British and American artists.

Among those who worked there were Pablo Picasso, Andrée Ruellan, Stanley William Hayter, Adolf Dehn, Marie Laurencin, and Louis Lozowick.[3][4][5][1]

History

Edmond Desjobert was born on 23 March 1888 in Sarthe, France.[2] He trained as a master lithographer before founding Atelier Desjobert in Paris at 59 rue du Moulin‑Vert in Paris. The studio relocated several times within the Montparnasse area of Paris, eventually settling at 10 Villa Cœur‑de‑Vey. Upon Desjobert's death in 1953, his son Jacques Desjobert, who had trained in the atelier since childhood, took over.[1]

Under their guidance, the Atelier Desjobert became known not only for technical excellence but also for fostering a collegial, collaborative environment between artists and artisans.[6]

The studio

After the War, Atelier Desjobert occupied two wide floors of a building at the end of a narrow impasse known as the Villa Cœur-de-Vey, on the outskirts of Montparnasse. The ground floor contained preparation areas, including tables for graining lithographic stones, while the first floor housed the main studio, filled with "some ten simple lithographic presses [...] with inking slabs, rollers, and stacks of paper".[7]

The atelier had a distinctive, collaborative atmosphere. “Papa Desjobert” (Edmond) and his son Jacques oversaw work and fostered close relationships between artisans and visiting artists.[6] Visiting printmakers worked at tables against the windows, while staff assisted with stone preparation, printing trials, and retouching. Stanley William Hayter noted that these employees "in some cases assist and instruct inexperienced artists in the fairly simple operations to be carried out, but [though] seldom do the actual work on the stones."[7]

Artists from around the world visited Desjobert's studio, with American printmakers especially drawn to its techniques as they were largely inaccessible in the United States.[8] Hayter observed participants from France, England, Switzerland, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Japan, and South America, while a visiting journalist highlighted the presence of Canadian artists such as Albert Dumouchel, Paul Beaulieu, Léon Bellefleur, Jack Nichols, and Bernard Vanier.[7] The studio also printed works for European modernists including Braque; Max Ernst; Clavé; Singier; Lurçat; Zao Wou-Ki; and Villon.[6]

Works printed by the Atelier Desjobert

The Atelier Desjobert produced a number of significant lithographs and limited-edition prints over the 20th century. Documented examples include:

References

  1. ^ a b c "Atelier Desjobert | Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée". www.centredelagravure.be. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  2. ^ a b "D4R1 1472 - Registres matricules du recrutement (1887-1921)". archives.paris.fr. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  3. ^ "Atelier Desjobert". Print Review (18–20): 93. 1984 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Adams, Clinton (1983). American lithographers, 1900-1960: the artists and their printers (1st ed.). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-0660-9.
  5. ^ Finch, Richard D.; College of Fine Arts, eds. (2007). Marks from the matrix: Normal Editions Workshop; collaborative limited edition prints 1976 - 2006; [exhibition itinerary begins with the 30-Year Retrospective: Normal Editions Workshop at University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, September 25 - October 28, 2007] (1st ed.). Normal, Ill: Normal Ed. Workshop. ISBN 978-0-9795884-1-9.
  6. ^ a b c "Aux Ateliers de lithographie Desjobert – Vie des arts". Érudit. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  7. ^ a b c S.W. Hayter (1962-01-01). About Prints, Print-Making, Print-Selling, With Recent Thinking on Engraving and Etching. A How- To Book. Atelier 17 in Paris. Internet Archive. Oxford University Press.
  8. ^ Mary Francey (1988-01-01). Depression printmakers as workers : Re-defining traditional interpretations: prints from the art collection of Price Development Company and Affiliates. Internet Archive. Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
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