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:
