Emile Galle French Cameo Art Glass / Scarce Illust Book

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Beautiful color photographs supplement a rich narrative in this rare out-of-print book on Emile Galle and his French Art Nouveau glass creations.

THE ART OF EMILE GALLE by Tim Newark, Chartwell Books, Inc., N.J., 1989.

“The son of a pottery owner and ceramics vendor, the young Galle studied both botany and glassmaking, eventually setting up his own glass workshop in his home town of Nancy. A prolific designer of glass, ceramics and furniture, Galle was one of the founders of the ‘Alliance Provinciale des Industries d’Art, better known as the Ecole de Nancy arm of Art Nouveau, which also included Victor Prouve and Louis Majorelle….Galle’s vases, goblets, lamps and other glass pieces, as well as his tables, beds, vitrines, cabinets and other pieces of furniture—these usually featuring elaborate marquetry designs, landscapes, still-lifes and the like—were very much ruled by the master’s love of nature, which he reproduced with botanical, zoological and entomological precision. Among the loveliest and rarest Galle works are his dragonfly tables—massive insects forming carved-wood or cast-bronze legs and mounts on the furniture—and his unique sculptural pieces in layered glass, often accompanied by a Symbolist line or whole poem etched onto their surfaces. Galle was indeed a poet in glass, with a vision both distinctive and influential...."

This beautifully illustrated work—all in full color—represents the full scope of Galle’s art and will make an invaluable addition to the libraries of collectors, curators, and students of the masterpieces of the Art Nouveau style.

8.75” x 11.25” hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 128 pages.

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