Labelled Amedee Dieudonne Violin c 1946 Mirecourt France

Amédée Dominique Dieudonné (1890 - 1960) is a French luthier born in Mirecourt, France in the Vosges department on 6 August 1890. His father is Albert Dieudonné is a luthier. He was trained by Gustave Bazin and by his experience in the Darche workshop in Brussels. He started his own workshop in Mirecourt after the First World War in the 1920s. He was specialized in copying Cremona Masters and was able to achieve a superior varnishing technique. Amédée died in Mirecourt on 1 February 1960 leaving the legacy to his numerous pupils.