![]() Leleu began showing his sculptural work in 1905 at the salons of the Societe des Artistes Francais. He designed interiors and suites for more than 20 of the great French ocean liners including the Ile-de-France, Atlantique, Normandie, and France. Leleu received numerous government commissions for official and semi-official decors, French embassies, and civic and royal residences. His design aesthetic moderated over time, from the neotraditionalism of his 1920s work, including his presentation at the pivotal L’Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes in Paris – to more simple lines and techniques in the 1930s and a return to a more decorative, but reinterpreted style in the 1940s. Shortly after World War I, Jules opened his own interior design studio and furniture workshop in Paris, while also maintaining his cabinetmaking workshops in Boulogne through the 30s. In 1901 he and his brother, Marcel, took over their father’s painting business and Jules began working as an interior designer. He studied also at a private academy in Brussels and at the Ecole Jean Goujon and Ecole des Arts Appliques in Paris. French sculptor and designer, Jules Leleu was born and raised in Boulogne-sur-Mer and studied there at the Academie des Beaux-Arts with Theophile Deman. ![]()
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