Émile Gallé
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| - | '''[[Philippe Garner]]''' is a [[design]] [[critic]] who has written on [[Guy Bourdin]], [[Cecil Beaton]], [[Sam Haskins]], [[Émile Gallé]], [[Daniel Frasnay]] and [[Bettina Blumenberg]]. | + | '''Émile Gallé''' ([[Nancy]], [[8 May]] [[1846]] – Nancy, [[September 23]], [[1904]]) was a [[France|French]] artist who worked in [[glass]], and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French [[Art Nouveau]] movement. |
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| + | Gallé was the son of a [[faience]] and furniture manufacturer and studied philosophy, botany, and drawing in his youth. He later learned glassmaking at [[Meisenthal]] and came to work at his father's factory in Nancy following the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. His early work was executed using clear glass decorated with [[Vitreous enamel|enamel]], but he soon turned to an original style featuring heavy, opaque [[carved glass|glass carved]] or etched with plant motifs. His career took off after his work received praise at the [[Paris Exhibition of 1878]]. | ||
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| + | Within a decade of another successful showing at the [[Paris Exhibition of 1889]], Gallé had reached international fame and his style, with its emphasis on naturalism and floral motifs, was at the forefront of the emerging Art Nouveau movement. | ||
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Émile Gallé (Nancy, 8 May 1846 – Nancy, September 23, 1904) was a French artist who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement.
Gallé was the son of a faience and furniture manufacturer and studied philosophy, botany, and drawing in his youth. He later learned glassmaking at Meisenthal and came to work at his father's factory in Nancy following the Franco-Prussian War. His early work was executed using clear glass decorated with enamel, but he soon turned to an original style featuring heavy, opaque glass carved or etched with plant motifs. His career took off after his work received praise at the Paris Exhibition of 1878.
Within a decade of another successful showing at the Paris Exhibition of 1889, Gallé had reached international fame and his style, with its emphasis on naturalism and floral motifs, was at the forefront of the emerging Art Nouveau movement.
