[4] The brothers joined with other artists to create L'Atelier Français, a cooperative business that borrowed organizational idea from the Wiener Werkstätte.

André Vera wrote a manifesto that defined the goal of the group as combining traditional and modern ideas to bring clarity, order and aesthetic unity to interior design.

[5] During World War I (1914–18) Vera served in the army's camouflage corps, making covers for observation posts and artillery.

He used a limited number of geometrically abstracted designs drawn from plants, fountains and allegorical or mythical figures.

[6] The Municipal Museum of Saint-Germain-en-Laye has a large collection of Paul Vera's work, including watercolours, paintings, tapestries, wood engravings, ceramics and porcelain.