Georges Fouquet (1862 - 1957) was a French Jeweler who started on his creative journey in the early 1900’s. He was born into a working family and eventually took over the business. His father had been a goldsmith who owned The House of Fouquet. When he took over the family business, he choose not to stay with the styles his family had been creating but instead ventured toward new styles called Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Art Nouveau is a style based on vibrant colors, curving lines and is based upon the belief that anything in life can be used as art or as inspiration to an art piece. Georges Fouquet chose to work off a design that came from the creative mind of Alphonse Mucha when it came to submitting a jewelry piece for the Paris Universal Exposition. Together they won a gold medal.
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The jewelry pieces that Georges Fouquet produced show inspirations from earth (he has made beautiful butterfly broaches), the Far East (head dresses with diamonds and pearls) and shapes found in his Art Nouveou rings. Being the son of a goldsmith, he not only knew how to create the jewelry pieces by shaping the metals together but he also chose just the right jewels to set it apart.
Some of the jewels he chose were diamonds, onyx and pearls. The pieces represent a variety of interests that Georges Fouquet had in his life and conveyed through to his magnificent jewelry.
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