Born in 1950, Roland DARASPE lives and works in Macau, Aquitania, France. Master Artist, member of the « ACADÉMIE NATIONALE DES SCIENCES, BELLES-LETTRES AND ARTS OF BORDEAUX« , he is one of the most important contemporary French silversmiths. He creates objects himself from silver leaf, to which he gives its définitive 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. — in Ateliers d’art de France, 2011
Graduated as a Coppersmith in 1968
Graduated as aeronautical mechanics in 1971
Born in 1950 in Versailles, France
Married and father of five children
Prizes
EPV Label (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant / Living Heritage Company) since 2006, confirmed in 2012
Member of the National Academy of Science, Literature and Fine Arts,Bordeaux – october 2003
Nominated to the title of Maître d’Art by the Ministe of Culture – october 2002
Mention du Prix Liliane Bettencourt « Pour l’Intelligence de la Main » (octobre 2006)
Award Winner Crafts and Works of Art for the Millenium (year 2000) The Dunhill Club
1st Prize – National « Dunhill Prestige International » – décember 1996
1st Prize – National Arts and Crafts – section Contemporary Design – 1994
1st Prize – Regional Arts and Crafts – SEMA/INMA 1991
1st Prize – Country Arts and Crafts – SEMA/INMA 1990
Few exhibitions
– The Living Treasures of France, Tokyo National Museum Hyokeikan September 12, 2017 (Tue)-November 26, 2017 (Sun)
– Collect : The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects ,9-12 may 2014, Saatchi Gallery, London with The French Craft Project.
– Le Grand Atelier’s food and design pop up at HARRODS, London, from 3 to 29 June 2013
– Art sacré « Vers la lumière », Villedieu les Poêles,Manche (50), 2012
– Maîtres d’Art au magasin Lafayette Maison, boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 2012
– Exposition collective des Maîtres d’art « L’univers de la création au Clos Lucé » du 5 mai au 3 juin 2012, Parc Léonard de Vinci à Amboise
– HYUNDAI ARTS CENTER, ULSAN, COREE du 21 décembre 2011 au 5 février 2012.
– ART NOCTURNE KNOKKE 6-15 August 2011, BASKANIA expose des oeuvres de Daraspe.
– « Un regard d’obsidienne », Paris, 2011
– Participation au Salon EUNIQUE à Karlsruhe du 2011, 27-29 may
– Musée des beaux-arts de Carcassonne : Roland Daraspe, orfèvre maître d’art – 18 février au 15 mai 2011
– Exposition rétrospective Roland Daraspe – De La Feuille à La Courbe, Bordeaux, 2008
– SOFA Chicago Galerie AAF nov 2003
– Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux Arts – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris avril 2003
– « Univers des Formes » Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, 13 juin- 30 aout 1997
– Musée du Louvre, conférence sur son travail, 26 mars 1997
– Galerie Nachtergaele – Gent, Belgique – 13/09 au 12 oct 1996
– Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Bordeaux, 10 oct -15 nov 1992
– Musée de Fukuoka, Japon, avril 1987, 1988, 1989
– « Les Maîtres de Demain » SEIBU Art Forum, Tokyo, septembre 1989
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Catalog
– Roland Daraspe, orfèvre maître d’art, Musée de Carcassonne, 2011
– Roland Daraspe, maître d’art – orfèvre contemporain, de la feuille à la courbe, 2008
– Sofa Chicago novembre, 2003
– « Objets inanimés, avez-vous donc une âme… » Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Bordeaux, 1999
– Guide Poilâne – Cherche Midi Editeur, 1998
– Bordeaux Art déco – Somogy éditions d’art Paris, 1997
– L’Orfèvrerie – difusion Actes Sud, 1995
– 100 Créateurs pour l’Eglise – Ville de Troyes, 1994
– Un Orfèvre Bordelais Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1993
– S A D – Syros Alternative, 1990
– Le Design de Demain – Créateurs Français – Yurakucho Seibu, 1989
– De Main de Maître – Editeur Ellenberg, 1988
– Catalogue du Musée de Fukuoka – Japon, 1987 & 1988
References
– April 2003 – Purchasse of a finely chiselled flower vase – Museum of Decorative Arts – Lyon – France
– April 2003 – Purchase of a finely chiselled tea caddy – Museum of Decorative Arts – Lyon – France
– 2001- Purchase of a decanter and voine glass INAO – Samadet Museum in Landes.- France
– March 1999 – Purchase of a pair of copper candelabra by the Museum of Decorative Arts – Bordeaux, France
– December 1996 – Purchase of a teapot and cofee pot « Palissandre » by the Museum of Decorative Arts – Bordeaux, France.
– November 1996 – Purchase of a chalice by the Museum of Decorative Arts – Lyon, France.
– 1995 – Purchase of a tea service « Boule » by the Museum of Contemporary Arts – Paris, France.
– 1995 – Purchase of deep dish by the Musée Mandet – Riom, Puy de Dôme, France.
– 1994 – Purchase of a cooling dish for caviar by the Museum of Contemporary Arts – Paris, France.
– 1992 – Purchase of a candlestick by Museum of Contemporary Arts – Paris, France.
– June 1991 – Purchase of a teapot by the Museum of Decorative Arts – Bordeaux, France.
– May 1990 – Purchase of a tea service « Alladin » by the Minister of Culture for the collection at the National Museum of Contemporary Arts – Paris, France.
– 17 January 1990 – Sale of a silver cigar box at Sotheby’s – New-York, USA.
– 1986 – Purchase by the National Museums of a box made in Mokumé, for the Museum of Decorative Arts Paris, France
– Since 1985 – Supplier of ceremonial gifts to the Elysee Palace.
Exclusives unique designs
– Chéret AAM
– Diasporama
– Arthus-Bertrand
– Baccarat
– Ebel
– Parfums Caron- Nina Ricci
– Baron Edmond de Rothschild
– Cognac Hennessy
– Cristalleries Daum
– Orfèvrerie Odiot