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No. 48 (March, 1897)
DOI Artikel:Mourey, Gabriel: The decorative art movement in Paris
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The Decorative Art Movement in Paris
stoneware, the tiles for walls and hearths—every-
thing, in fact, coming from the workshop of the
well-known ceramic artist, bears the imprint of true
originality. I particularly like his simple applica-
tion work, in which the material used is of itself of
far more value than when the stoneware is em-
ployed to reproduce a statue or some piece of
work in high relief, or in ronde bosse, as it is utilised
—to an exaggerated extent, I think—by M. Emile
Muller, of the "Tuileries d'lvry." In this direc-
tion M. Delaherche seems to understand better the
real aesthetic value of ceramics; and M. Molines
shows the same taste in the set of everyday pottery,
which he has had made by M. Carabin. The
tobacco-jar in green stoneware, the aubergine com-
fit-box, and the ink-pot in chestnut-yellow stone,
by this artist, are certainly among the best things
of their kind produced recently. If I mention in
addition to this pottery the screen in coloured
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lithography by M. P. Bonnard, the lithograph fan
on silk by M. Willette, and the polychrome wood-
work, the bonbon boxes, and jewel-cases by M.
Seguin, I shall, I think, have referred to everything
that has appeared at the Galerie Lafiitte.
M. Bing has given the following commissions in
connection with the "Art Nouveau": M. Brang-
wyn, two cartoons for carpets; M. Van de Velde,
designs for cretonnes; and M. Ranson, models for
velvets and cretonnes, which are shortly to be seen,
and will be found most interesting. Madame
Fritz Thaulow, wife of the great Norwegian land-
scapist, has designed and executed, with delightful
results, several decorative compositions for stamped
and coloured leather, which are intended for a
dining-room being constructed by the " Art
Nouveau " associates.
M. Henri Sauvage, one of our younger archi-
tects, is designing some stencilling work for mural
hangings, to be placed in a house in the Rue de
Rohan ; and the son of the distinguished writer
and architect, M. Frantz Jourdain, is displaying
considerable promise for the future in a series of
decorative screens and fans.
Such is the present state of the decorative
movement in Paris.
Gabriel Mourey.
stoneware, the tiles for walls and hearths—every-
thing, in fact, coming from the workshop of the
well-known ceramic artist, bears the imprint of true
originality. I particularly like his simple applica-
tion work, in which the material used is of itself of
far more value than when the stoneware is em-
ployed to reproduce a statue or some piece of
work in high relief, or in ronde bosse, as it is utilised
—to an exaggerated extent, I think—by M. Emile
Muller, of the "Tuileries d'lvry." In this direc-
tion M. Delaherche seems to understand better the
real aesthetic value of ceramics; and M. Molines
shows the same taste in the set of everyday pottery,
which he has had made by M. Carabin. The
tobacco-jar in green stoneware, the aubergine com-
fit-box, and the ink-pot in chestnut-yellow stone,
by this artist, are certainly among the best things
of their kind produced recently. If I mention in
addition to this pottery the screen in coloured
POCKET-BOOK BY A. CHARBENTIER
BOOKBINDING BY A. CHARPENTIER
124
lithography by M. P. Bonnard, the lithograph fan
on silk by M. Willette, and the polychrome wood-
work, the bonbon boxes, and jewel-cases by M.
Seguin, I shall, I think, have referred to everything
that has appeared at the Galerie Lafiitte.
M. Bing has given the following commissions in
connection with the "Art Nouveau": M. Brang-
wyn, two cartoons for carpets; M. Van de Velde,
designs for cretonnes; and M. Ranson, models for
velvets and cretonnes, which are shortly to be seen,
and will be found most interesting. Madame
Fritz Thaulow, wife of the great Norwegian land-
scapist, has designed and executed, with delightful
results, several decorative compositions for stamped
and coloured leather, which are intended for a
dining-room being constructed by the " Art
Nouveau " associates.
M. Henri Sauvage, one of our younger archi-
tects, is designing some stencilling work for mural
hangings, to be placed in a house in the Rue de
Rohan ; and the son of the distinguished writer
and architect, M. Frantz Jourdain, is displaying
considerable promise for the future in a series of
decorative screens and fans.
Such is the present state of the decorative
movement in Paris.
Gabriel Mourey.