Maurice Biais
Maurice Amédée Louis Biais was a French painter, draughtsman and illustrator.
Biography
From 1899, he designs furniture for La Maison Moderne, an art gallery founded by Julius Meier-Graefe. He designed leather goods for the shop, as well.He married Jane Avril in 1911. They lived in Jouy-en-Josas until his death in 1926, which has been attributed to his having been gassed during World War I.
Works
- Modern Style
- Les Five o'clock de Paulette Darty
- La Maison moderne
- Ville de Nîmes. Fêtes de charité 13, 14 et 16 février 1904
- Scala
- Series for Saharet
- Jane Avril
- Erard Pianos
- Reuter's soap for the complexion and toilet
- Quinquina Vouvray au vin blanc, apéritif exquis...
- Palais de glace
- Mephisto looping the loop
- Lucy Florval
- Folies-Bergère. Ida Fuller
- Folies-Bergère. American' Sing' and Dancer'
- Comtesse de R... dans ses fantaisies japonaises
- Quinquina Vouvray au vin blanc, apéritif exquis, Ernest Bourin, Tours