Bernard Ouchard

1925 (age 54)

Mirecourt, canton of Mirecourt, France

He is considered by some to have been the last historical French master bow maker. He learned his craft from his father and later worked for Vidoudez (a violinmaker of international repute) in Geneva. He was asked to return to France and give a new impetus to the revival of the French tradition(s) of bow making. "Bernard, (b 1925) son of East. A. Ouchard, became his pupil, and worked with Vidoudez in Geneva 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 Benoît 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.

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Bernard Ouchard was the son of Émile Auguste Ouchard and the grandson of Émile Francois Ouchard, both famous bowmakers.

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He is considered by some to have been the last historical French master bow maker. He learned his craft from his father and later worked for Vidoudez (a violinmaker of international repute) in Geneva. He was asked to return to France and give a new impetus to the revival of the French tradition(s) of bow making.

"Bernard, (b 1925) son of East. A. Ouchard, became his pupil, and worked with Vidoudez in Geneva 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 Benoît 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.

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