Art Nouveau - Emile Gallé

Art Nouveau 


Another famous designer made some unique glasswork and furniture during this epoque. His designs  are much copied and reproduced in later artists production even today:

Emile Gallé

(1846-1904) 

French glass maker, ceramist and designer is another important artist from this epoque. Fortunately, we can still admire his work at museums today. Victoria & Alberts Museum in London has important collections. 

Born in Nancy, France, in 1846, Emile Gallé is considered one of the most outstanding glass artists of his time, as he greatly contributed to the development of the art of glassmaking and to the Art Nouveau Style. 

The works of Emile Gallé had a major influence on the Art Nouveau movement. Clear and enameled or stratified, applied, engraved, acid etched or wheel-carved, his glass was very elaborate. Nature inspired his designs, which were mostly floral, some with foliage, or landscape decorations and some with a strong Japanese feeling. He developed a technique for the production of cut and incised flashed glass and enameled designs, enhanced by bright colors and transparency of the material.

Gallé made vases and lamps in two distinct qualities of glass: his "masterpieces", that took hours of precise work to make and his less expensive, though of high quality art glass, that would later be called "industrial Gallé".


Here are a few of his work:

Emile Gallé designed some very special furniture too: