Le plus grand cr ateur de luminaires fran ais, Robert Mathieu, est encore aujourd'hui peu connu du grand public du fait de la raret de ses pi ces sur le march , tr s recherch par les collectionneurs sp cialis s. Contrairement un designer traditionnel, Robert Mathieu ne concevait pas seulement ses luminaires, mais il les r alisait, l'instar d'un artiste, dans son atelier de la rue de Charenton Paris. Ici pas d' diteur, mais une production au compte-gouttes proche de celle d'une ouvre d'art, parfois moins de 8 exemplaires. Ce qui est remarquable chez Robert Mathieu, c'est d'une part sa cr ativit unique en France, car il a con u plus de 200 mod les, mais aussi la tr s grande qualit d'ex cution de ses pi ces qui sont encore aujourd'hui en parfait tat. Cet ouvrage monographique in dit voit le jour apr s dix ans de pr paration. Entre le beau livre d'art et le catalogue raisonn , il pr sente tous les mod les connus de cet artiste du luminaire, illustr s par des photographies studio et par de la documentation d' poque ou de t moignages photographiques non professionnels, car un grand nombre des cr ations de Robert Mathieu n'ont encore jamais t vues *** The greatest designer of French lighting, Robert Mathieu, is still little known to the general public today due to the rarity of his pieces on the market, highly sought after by specialized collectors. Unlike a traditional designer, Robert Mathieu not only designed his lights, but he made them, like an artist, in his studio on rue de Charenton in Paris. Here there is no publisher, but a dropper production close to that of a work of art, sometimes less than 8 copies. What is remarkable about Robert Mathieu is on the one hand his unique creativity in France, because he has designed more than 200 models, but also the very high quality of execution of his pieces which are still in perfect condition today. state. This unpublished monographic work is born after ten years of preparation. Between the beautiful art book and the catalog raisonn , it presents all the known models of this lighting artist, illustrated by studio photographs and period documentation or non-professional photographic testimonials, because a large number of the creations by Robert Mathieu have never been seen before.