{"id":1018,"date":"2017-07-27T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T10:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daraspe.com\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:24:28","slug":"learn-more-about-daraspe-a-french-silversmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daraspe.com\/neo\/orfevre\/learn-more\/learn-more-about-daraspe-a-french-silversmith\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn more about Daraspe, a French Silversmith&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-218 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/daraspe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Roland_Daraspe_SilverOne-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Roland Daraspe\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daraspe.com\/neo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Roland_Daraspe_SilverOne-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daraspe.com\/neo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Roland_Daraspe_SilverOne-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.daraspe.com\/neo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Roland_Daraspe_SilverOne.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Born in 1950, Roland DARASPE lives and works in Blanquefort, Aquitania, France. Master Artist, member of the \u00ab\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/daraspe.com\/lacademie-nationale-des-sciences-belles-lettres-et-arts-de-bordeaux\/\">ACAD\u00c9MIE NATIONALE DES SCIENCES, BELLES-LETTRES AND ARTS OF BORDEAUX<\/a>\u00ab\u00a0, he is one of the most important contemporary French silversmiths. He creates objects himself from silver leaf, to which he gives its d\u00e9finitive form : softened, cut, folded, rounded, each item is unique. Wall lights, caviar spoons, boxes or vases, the lines are simple and the material enhanced by carving. Collectors and museums own his works, which are elegant, smooth and pure, inspired by plant and marine life. \u2014 in Ateliers d\u2019art de France, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Graduated as a Coppersmith in 1968<br \/>\nGraduated as aeronautical mechanics in 1971<br \/>\nBorn in 1950 in Versailles, France<br \/>\nMarried and father of five children<\/p>\n<h2>Prizes<\/h2>\n<p>EPV Label (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant \/ Living Heritage Company) since 2006, confirmed in 2012<br \/>\nMember of the National Academy of Science, Literature and Fine Arts,Bordeaux \u2013 october 2003<br \/>\nNominated to the title of Ma\u00eetre d\u2019Art by the Ministe of Culture \u2013 october 2002<\/p>\n<p>Mention du Prix Liliane Bettencourt \u00ab\u00a0Pour l\u2019Intelligence de la Main\u00a0\u00bb (octobre 2006)<br \/>\nAward Winner Crafts and Works of Art for the Millenium (year 2000) The Dunhill Club<br \/>\n1st Prize \u2013 National \u00ab Dunhill Prestige International \u00bb &#8211; d\u00e9cember 1996<br \/>\n1st Prize &#8211; National Arts and Crafts \u2013 section Contemporary Design &#8211; 1994<br \/>\n1st Prize &#8211; Regional Arts and Crafts &#8211; SEMA\/INMA 1991<br \/>\n1st Prize &#8211; Country Arts and Crafts &#8211; SEMA\/INMA 1990<\/p>\n<h2>Few exhibitions<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/daraspe.com\/musee-national-de-tokyo-wonderlab-15-maitres-dart-et-artisans-dart-dexception-du-11-sept-au-26-nov-2017\/\">The Living Treasures of France, Tokyo National Museum Hyokeikan<\/a> September 12, 2017 (Tue)-November 26, 2017 (Sun)<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/daraspe.com\/collect-the-international-art-fair-for-contemporary-objects\/\">Collect : The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects<\/a> ,9-12 may 2014, Saatchi Gallery, London with The French Craft Project.<br \/>\n&#8211; Le Grand Atelier\u2019s food and design pop up at HARRODS, London, from 3 to 29 June 2013<br \/>\n&#8211; Art sacr\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Vers la lumi\u00e8re\u00a0\u00bb, Villedieu les Po\u00eales,Manche (50), 2012<br \/>\n&#8211; Ma\u00eetres d\u2019Art au magasin Lafayette Maison, boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 2012<br \/>\n&#8211; Exposition collective des Ma\u00eetres d\u2019art \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019univers de la cr\u00e9ation au Clos Luc\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb du 5 mai au 3 juin 2012, Parc L\u00e9onard de Vinci \u00e0 Amboise<br \/>\n&#8211; HYUNDAI ARTS CENTER, ULSAN, COREE du 21 d\u00e9cembre 2011 au 5 f\u00e9vrier 2012.<br \/>\n&#8211; ART NOCTURNE KNOKKE 6-15 August 2011, BASKANIA expose des oeuvres de Daraspe.<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00ab\u00a0Un regard d\u2019obsidienne\u00a0\u00bb, Paris, 2011<br \/>\n&#8211; Participation au Salon EUNIQUE \u00e0 Karlsruhe du 2011, 27-29 may<br \/>\n&#8211; Mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts de Carcassonne : Roland Daraspe, orf\u00e8vre ma\u00eetre d\u2019art &#8211; 18 f\u00e9vrier au 15 mai 2011<br \/>\n&#8211; Exposition r\u00e9trospective Roland Daraspe &#8211; De La Feuille \u00e0 La Courbe, Bordeaux, 2008<br \/>\n&#8211; SOFA Chicago Galerie AAF nov 2003<br \/>\n&#8211; Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux Arts \u2013 Jardin des Tuileries \u2013 Paris avril 2003<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00ab Univers des Formes \u00bb Ch\u00e2teau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, 13 juin- 30 aout 1997<br \/>\n&#8211; Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, conf\u00e9rence sur son travail, 26 mars 1997<br \/>\n&#8211; Galerie Nachtergaele \u2013 Gent, Belgique \u2013 13\/09 au 12 oct 1996<br \/>\n&#8211; Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, Bordeaux, 10 oct -15 nov 1992<br \/>\n&#8211; Mus\u00e9e de Fukuoka, Japon, avril 1987, 1988, 1989<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00ab Les Ma\u00eetres de Demain \u00bb SEIBU Art Forum, Tokyo, septembre 1989<\/p>\n<p>See more events&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Catalog<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-314 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/daraspe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DARASPE-COUV-FINAL-1-245x300.gif\" alt=\"DARASPE - De la Feuille \u00e0 la Courbe - Couverture\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; Roland Daraspe, orf\u00e8vre ma\u00eetre d\u2019art, Mus\u00e9e de Carcassonne, 2011<br \/>\n&#8211; Roland Daraspe, ma\u00eetre d\u2019art &#8211; orf\u00e8vre contemporain, de la feuille \u00e0 la courbe, 2008<br \/>\n&#8211; Sofa Chicago novembre, 2003<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00ab Objets inanim\u00e9s, avez-vous donc une \u00e2me\u2026 \u00bb Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs de Bordeaux, 1999<br \/>\n&#8211; Guide Poil\u00e2ne \u2013 Cherche Midi Editeur, 1998<br \/>\n&#8211; Bordeaux Art d\u00e9co \u2013 Somogy \u00e9ditions d\u2019art Paris, 1997<br \/>\n&#8211; L\u2019Orf\u00e8vrerie \u2013 difusion Actes Sud, 1995<br \/>\n&#8211; 100 Cr\u00e9ateurs pour l\u2019Eglise \u2013 Ville de Troyes, 1994<br \/>\n&#8211; Un Orf\u00e8vre Bordelais Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, 1993<br \/>\n&#8211; S A D \u2013 Syros Alternative, 1990<br \/>\n&#8211; Le Design de Demain \u2013 Cr\u00e9ateurs Fran\u00e7ais \u2013 Yurakucho Seibu, 1989<br \/>\n&#8211; De Main de Ma\u00eetre \u2013 Editeur Ellenberg, 1988<br \/>\n&#8211; Catalogue du Mus\u00e9e de Fukuoka \u2013 Japon, 1987 &amp; 1988<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; April 2003 \u2013 Purchasse of a finely chiselled flower vase \u2013 Museum of Decorative Arts \u2013 Lyon \u2013 France<br \/>\n&#8211; April 2003 \u2013 Purchase of a finely chiselled tea caddy \u2013 Museum of Decorative Arts \u2013 Lyon \u2013 France<br \/>\n&#8211; 2001- Purchase of a decanter and voine glass INAO \u2013 Samadet Museum in Landes.- France<br \/>\n&#8211; March 1999 &#8211; Purchase of a pair of copper candelabra by the Museum of Decorative Arts \u2013 Bordeaux, France<br \/>\n&#8211; December 1996 &#8211; Purchase of a teapot and cofee pot \u00ab\u00a0Palissandre\u00a0\u00bb by the Museum of Decorative Arts &#8211; Bordeaux, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; November 1996 &#8211; Purchase of a chalice by the Museum of Decorative Arts &#8211; Lyon, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; 1995 &#8211; Purchase of a tea service \u00ab\u00a0Boule\u00a0\u00bb by the Museum of Contemporary Arts &#8211; Paris, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; 1995 &#8211; Purchase of deep dish by the Mus\u00e9e Mandet &#8211; Riom, Puy de D\u00f4me, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; 1994 &#8211; Purchase of a cooling dish for caviar by the Museum of Contemporary Arts &#8211; Paris, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; 1992 &#8211; Purchase of a candlestick by Museum of Contemporary Arts &#8211; Paris, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; June 1991 &#8211; Purchase of a teapot by the Museum of Decorative Arts &#8211; Bordeaux, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; May 1990 &#8211; Purchase of a tea service \u00ab\u00a0Alladin\u00a0\u00bb by the Minister of Culture for the collection at the National Museum of Contemporary Arts &#8211; Paris, France.<br \/>\n&#8211; 17 January 1990 &#8211; Sale of a silver cigar box at Sotheby\u2019s &#8211; New-York, USA.<br \/>\n&#8211; 1986 &#8211; Purchase by the National Museums of a box made in Mokum\u00e9, for the Museum of Decorative Arts Paris, France<br \/>\n&#8211; Since 1985 &#8211; Supplier of ceremonial gifts to the Elysee Palace.<\/p>\n<h2>Exclusives unique designs<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; Ch\u00e9ret AAM<br \/>\n&#8211; Diasporama<br \/>\n&#8211; Arthus-Bertrand<br \/>\n&#8211; Baccarat<br \/>\n&#8211; Ebel<br \/>\n&#8211; Parfums Caron- Nina Ricci<br \/>\n&#8211; Baron Edmond de Rothschild<br \/>\n&#8211; Cognac Hennessy<br \/>\n&#8211; Cristalleries Daum<br \/>\n&#8211; Orf\u00e8vrerie Odiot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1950, Roland DARASPE lives and works in Blanquefort, Aquitania, France. 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