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Bernard Ouchard was the son of Émile Auguste Ouchard and the grandson of Émile François Ouchard, both famous bowmakers. He learned his craft from his father and later worked for Vidoudez (a violinmaker of international repute) in Geneva. He was asked to return to France and give a new impetus to the revival of the French tradition(s) of bow ...
Joseph Alfred Lamy (père) (8 September 1850 – 1919), was an important French archetier (bow maker) of the early twentieth century known as Lamy Père. He was born in Mirecourt, Vosges, France, where he apprenticed from 1862 to 1868, and later worked from 1877 to 1885 for François Nicolas Voirin in Paris.
He settled in Mirecourt at 8 rue Saint Georges, in 1933. In 1969, he joined the National school of violin making as a Master teacher, in Mirecourt, where he stayed until 1982. His great grandson, Didier Claudel, entered the Mirecourt school in 1974 and became a master bow maker, he is still working at the craft today, based in South West France.
Dominique Peccatte (15 July 1810 – 13 January 1874) was a French luthier and above all a renowned bow maker. [1] He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and later worked with Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume . He is notable for adapting the "hatchet-shaped" type head — a model arrived at by Tourte — and is considered one of the most influential bow makers.
Violin Bow by Jean-Jacques Millant, Paris, Gold-Mounted, Head Violin Bow by Jean-Jacques Millant, Paris, Gold-Mounted, Frog. Jean-Jacques Millant (1928–1998) was an influential French bow maker/archetier (French word for maker of string family bows) of the Dominique Peccatte school. His cousin, Bernard Millant (born 1929) produced bows ...
Victor François Fétique (Mirecourt 1872 – 1933) was a prominent French archetier (bowmaker) from a family of bowmakers. [1] [2] [3] Victor, son of Charles-Claude Fétique a violin maker. He learned his craft in Mirecourt with J. B. Husson, Sigisbert Fourrier Maline and Émile Miquel. [4]
Joseph Fonclause (Claude Joseph 'le Mayeux' Fonclauze) (1799–1862) was a French archetier/bow maker. Went to Paris to work for Lupot, Tourte and Vuillaume. From 1840 he worked alone. Most of his bows are stamped. Early in his career, he followed the Pajeot style.
Marcel Charles Lapierre (1907–1979) was a French bow maker/archetier who has been described as a "maker of very fine bows much sought after by soloists." [1] Born 1907 in Mirecourt, served his apprenticeship in Jérôme Thibouville Lamy from 1921 to 1923. After his apprenticeship he joined Brouiller & Lotte's workshop.