Emile Auguste Ouchard
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Emile Auguste Ouchard was a French bow maker of repute and son and pupil of Emile Francois Ouchard
. Honors & awards include the Grand Prix of the 1942 International Paris Exhibition.
(Vosges
). After his apprenticship E.A. Ouchard worked for a few years with his father at rue Canon in Mirecourt. Later worked in Paris and the United States, returning to France in the mid 1950s.
To be more exact, in 1940 A. OUCHARD started his own workshop at rue de Rome in Paris before leaving for the United states in 1946.
He first joined RUDIE in New York and then LEWIS & Sons in Chicago. His bows are similar to those of the Voirin-Lamy school.
A master craftsman and artist who made bows with perfect symmetry and with the perfect balance of suppleness and resistance for effortless staccato and cantabile sound. He died in Gan in 1969.
Collaborators & successors include Bernard Ouchard
(b.1925) (son) and Jean Claude Ouchard (b. 1935) (son).
Stamps include :
Emile OUCHARD» (first period)
«E.A. OUCHARD FILS»
«E.A. OUCHARD PARIS»
«E.A. OUCHARD»
before being appointed professor of bow making at the Mirecourt
school in 1971, giving rise to the New French School which has produced such luminaries as Benoit Rolland
, Jean-Francois Raffin and Stephane Thomachot. Most notable of the younger generation include Edwin Clement, Sylvain Bigot, Gilles Nehr and Yannick LeCanu." - Gennady Filimonov
"As playing tools, bows by Emile A. Ouchard are similar to those by Sartory in that they are designed to accommodate the player’s need for weight and strength in a bow. Some in the trade have maintained that bows by E.A. Ouchard are often actually superior in craftsmanship to those by Sartory. There is merit to this argument, but in general Ouchard bows go further in the direction of strength and weight than Sartory bows, and they require even more cushioning intervention to produce the optimal tone quality." - Stefan Hersh
Emile Francois Ouchard
Emile Francois Ouchard was a bow maker for stringed instruments / Archetier from Mirecourt, Vosges, France. Ouchard was also known as "Ouchard Père".-Biography:...
. Honors & awards include the Grand Prix of the 1942 International Paris Exhibition.
Biography
He was born in 1900 in MirecourtMirecourt
Mirecourt is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France. Mirecourt is known for lace-making and the manufacture of musical instruments, particularly those of the violin family...
(Vosges
Vosges
Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
). After his apprenticship E.A. Ouchard worked for a few years with his father at rue Canon in Mirecourt. Later worked in Paris and the United States, returning to France in the mid 1950s.
To be more exact, in 1940 A. OUCHARD started his own workshop at rue de Rome in Paris before leaving for the United states in 1946.
He first joined RUDIE in New York and then LEWIS & Sons in Chicago. His bows are similar to those of the Voirin-Lamy school.
A master craftsman and artist who made bows with perfect symmetry and with the perfect balance of suppleness and resistance for effortless staccato and cantabile sound. He died in Gan in 1969.
Collaborators & successors include Bernard Ouchard
Bernard Ouchard
Bernard Ouchard was a French master bow maker and teacher in the School of Violin and Bowmaking of Mirecourt, France...
(b.1925) (son) and Jean Claude Ouchard (b. 1935) (son).
Awards
Honors & awards include Grand Prix at the 1942 International Paris Exhibition.Stamps include :
Emile OUCHARD» (first period)
«E.A. OUCHARD FILS»
«E.A. OUCHARD PARIS»
«E.A. OUCHARD»
Quotes
"His son, Bernard, ( b.1925 ) became his pupil, and worked with Vidoudez in GenevaGeneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
before being appointed professor of bow making at the Mirecourt
Mirecourt
Mirecourt is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France. Mirecourt is known for lace-making and the manufacture of musical instruments, particularly those of the violin family...
school in 1971, giving rise to the New French School which has produced such luminaries as Benoit Rolland
Benoit Rolland
Benoît Marie Rolland , is a bowmaker and musician, currently established in Boston, United States. He is married to painter and writer Christine Arveil. He has two daughters and two stepchildren. He one of the most renowned contemporary bow makers.-Early years:Rolland was born to a Parisian family...
, Jean-Francois Raffin and Stephane Thomachot. Most notable of the younger generation include Edwin Clement, Sylvain Bigot, Gilles Nehr and Yannick LeCanu." - Gennady Filimonov
"As playing tools, bows by Emile A. Ouchard are similar to those by Sartory in that they are designed to accommodate the player’s need for weight and strength in a bow. Some in the trade have maintained that bows by E.A. Ouchard are often actually superior in craftsmanship to those by Sartory. There is merit to this argument, but in general Ouchard bows go further in the direction of strength and weight than Sartory bows, and they require even more cushioning intervention to produce the optimal tone quality." - Stefan Hersh