Jorge Zalszupin

Born in Warsaw in 1922, Jorge Zalszupin trained as an architect in Bucharest and settled in Brazil in 1949. In 1959 he founded L'Atelier in São Paulo, producing furniture in jacaranda and other Brazilian woods, often with leather and brass details, such as the Dinamarquesa armchair. He died in 2020. Collectors look for L'Atelier labels and the refined curves that fuse European modernism with Brazilian materials.