Biography

Louis was born in Darney (Vosges), and worked in Mirecourt, France where he started a family dynasty.
Louis Morizot began his apprenticeship with Eugene Cuniot-Hury

Eugene Cuniot-Hury

Eugene Cuniot-Hury was a French archetier / bow maker based in Mirecourt, France.Son of Pierre Cuniot who was also an archetier / bow maker...

, before joining the workshop of Charles Nicolas BAZIN

Bazin Family

Bazin Family / Bazin Dynasty.Highly esteemed family of bowmakers operating in Mirecourt, France, from around 1840 through most of the 1900s, produced bows in Mirecourt....

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Circa 1914 he worked for Eugene Sartory

Eugene Sartory

Eugene Nicolas Sartory was an influential French archetier/ bow maker from Mirecourt, France.Normally spelled Eugène Sartory.After having first apprenticed with his father, he went on to work in Paris for Charles Peccatte and Joseph Alfred Lamy before setting up on his own shop in 1893.He...

 an experience which influenced greatly his personal production.
In 1919 Louis MORIZOT established his own workshop at 5 rue Saint Georges in Mirecourt.
After 1920, his sons ( Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot) joined him as pupils before succeeding him in 1937 and renaming the firm "MORIZOT Frères".

Morizot Dynasty

"Louis MORIZOT trained many pupils including Bernard Millant and his five sons Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot.."
Among the six sons son's of Louis Père, the well-known Mirecourt bow maker, René (the youngest), is the only one to have dedicated his life to violin making."
René Morizot served his apprenticeship in Mirecourt with Emile Audinot. He settled in Mirecourt at 8 rue Saint Georges, in 1933.
In 1969, he joined the National school of violin making as a Master teacher, in Mirecourt, where he stayed until 1982.

Honors and awards

Louis Père won the Grand Prix at the first exhibition Artisanale de Paris in 1924. (Meilleur Ouvrier de France).
Gold medal at the Exposition Artisanale de Paris in 1927.

Quotes

"Louis MORIZOT trained many pupils including Bernard Millant

Bernard Millant

Bernard Millant is a world renowned bow maker / archetier and luthier in Paris, France. He is the son of Max Millant.He studied violin making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt...

and his five sons Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot..."

External links

• http://www.luth.org/downloads/AL86/millant03.jpg photo: The Morizot brothers' workshop in Mirecourt in May 1948.