Emile Gallée and Glass. The Collection of the Museum of the School of Nancy.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 19152 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 220 p., color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Nancy, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
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Emile Gallé, artist, industrialist, and president of the École de Nancy, remained famous for his work as a glassmaker. In this medium, he was able to intensely express the multiplicity of his research and commitments. With 458 pieces, the Gallé glass collection held at the Musée de l'École de Nancy is fascinating in more than one way: through the quality of the pieces, the diversity and breadth of inspirations and techniques, it is a reference for understanding the glassmaker's work. This collection also has a strong symbolic character: it was the artist himself who chose, in 1904, the first pieces that constituted it. Successive enrichments have made it possible to bring together glass services, art objects, lighting, and studies dating from 1867, the date of his first personal creations, and 1904, the year of his death, marked by the culmination of his formal and decorative experiments.
Emile Gallé, artist, industrialist, and president of the École de Nancy, remained famous for his work as a glassmaker. In this medium, he was able to intensely express the multiplicity of his research and commitments. With 458 pieces, the Gallé glass collection held at the Musée de l'École de Nancy is fascinating in more than one way: through the quality of the pieces, the diversity and breadth of inspirations and techniques, it is a reference for understanding the glassmaker's work. This collection also has a strong symbolic character: it was the artist himself who chose, in 1904, the first pieces that constituted it. Successive enrichments have made it possible to bring together glass services, art objects, lighting, and studies dating from 1867, the date of his first personal creations, and 1904, the year of his death, marked by the culmination of his formal and decorative experiments.