Georges Zipélius

Georges Zipélius (1808–1890) was a French illustrator. He designed wallpaper. Works by Zipélius are held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Deutsches Tapetenmuseum.[1][2] The wallpaper piece, El Dorado, in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, was co-designed by Zipélius and Eugène Ehrmann and Joseph Fuchs. It took them two years to design it. The work is still in print to this day.[3] He was from Mulhouse and he attended the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts.[4]

Georges Zipélius
Born1808 (1808)
Died1890 (aged 81–82)
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Known forIllustration

References
  1. Georges Zipélius | People | Collection of Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
  2. Detail of 'Les Jardins Francais', a panoramic wallpaper design, by Eugene Ehrmann (1804–96), Joseph Fuchs (1814–88) and Georges Zipelius (1808–90) (wallpaper) by Zuber, Jean H...
  3. Rawsthorn, Alice. "The Stuff that Surrounds You". Issue 59. Frieze. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  4. Société industrielle de Mulhouse (France) (1902). Histoire documentaire de l'industrie de Mulhouse et de ses environs au XIXme siècle: (Enquête centennale). Veuve Bader. p. 638. Retrieved 14 October 2012.


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