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Tiffany (English version)
A jeweler with an established reputation through the world, Louis Comfort Tiffany was the spearhead of the Art Nouveau movement in the United States. At a time and in a country in perpetual growth, Tiffany succeeded in elevating the decorative to the rank of fine art. His most famous success is his lamps in mosaic of glass, similar to the cathedral’s stained glass window.
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Bitten by a dragonfly!
Émile Gallé was a leading artist of the Art noveau style and was able to put his love for insects, animals and flowers into vases, porcelain and furniture, to capture their beauty into usable objects, creating pieces of art at the same time. Starting from his childhood, Gallé developed an almost ecstatic love for mother nature. One of his favourite designs seemed to be the dragonfly, an insect so tiny and delicate, but it can also be a danger to your life…. Gallé, born 1846 in Nancy, started studying zoology, botanics and minerology, because he drew inspiration from observing nature while walking through the woods. Who could have anticipated, that…
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Émile Gallé, Chantre de la Nature
Il n’y a pas de chef-d’œuvre sans artiste, tout comme il n’y a pas d’Art appliqué sans Gallé. Né dans une famille d’intellectuels protestants en 1846, l’existence hyper créative de l’artiste à de quoi surprendre les biographes désenchantés. À la fois ébéniste et industriel, maître verrier et théoricien, l’artiste et homme d’affaire français cultiva ses cinquante-huit années avec passions et élégance, semant à travers le monde des œuvres d’art et des pensées révolutionnaires qui changèrent le regard du monde artistique. On pourrait se demander à quelle source Émile Gallé puise toute cette énergie ; à quoi il vous répondrait : « Ma racine est au fond des bois. » À…
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