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DOI Artikel:Frantz, Henri: Emile Gallé and the decorative artists of Nancy
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Rmile Galle
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its component parts, whilst the whole bearings of
the case in point can be taken in at once.
As a matter of fact, however, the artists ot Nancy
are but reviving an old tradition of two centuries
ago. Living in a city the refinement of which
recalls, on a small scale, that of Athens, they have
inherited their taste for art, their deep love of
nature, and their ready adaptability from their an-
cestors. It must not be forgotten, that in the
eighteenth century Nancy was a remarkably beau-
tiful, indeed a brilliant city, with its rows of imposing
edifices, their facades adorned in a style alike
severe and pure, their entrance gates of finely
chiselled iron-work, every detail thoroughly appro-
priate and harmonious, the whole effect forming a
perfect feast to the appreciative connoisseur, and
still breathing forth the very spirit of the cultivated
Duke Stanislas Leczinska, who, as is well-known,
retired to Nancy after abdicating the throne of
Poland in 1735, and of the great artists Claude
Lorraine, Jean Lamour, Lellier, and Moreau, who
paved the way for the new development, now in
progress ; for to the glories of the past, Nancy can
now add those of the present. Artists such as
Prouve, Hestaux, Gruber, Fridrich Majorelle,
Daum, Friant, Guingot, Bussiere, Wiener, and
others, have all achieved great things in sculpture,
painting, and decorative art, and have been eagerly
engaged for the last quarter of a century in reform-
ing the applied arts of every kind. Furniture,
glass, pottery, bookbinding, textile fabrics have all
felt the influence of the new movement, as is fully
proved by the various examples to be met with in
private mansions, and in museums where such
things are collected.
The man to whom is due the credit of having
VASE BY EMILE GALLE
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VASE BY EMILE GALLE
its component parts, whilst the whole bearings of
the case in point can be taken in at once.
As a matter of fact, however, the artists ot Nancy
are but reviving an old tradition of two centuries
ago. Living in a city the refinement of which
recalls, on a small scale, that of Athens, they have
inherited their taste for art, their deep love of
nature, and their ready adaptability from their an-
cestors. It must not be forgotten, that in the
eighteenth century Nancy was a remarkably beau-
tiful, indeed a brilliant city, with its rows of imposing
edifices, their facades adorned in a style alike
severe and pure, their entrance gates of finely
chiselled iron-work, every detail thoroughly appro-
priate and harmonious, the whole effect forming a
perfect feast to the appreciative connoisseur, and
still breathing forth the very spirit of the cultivated
Duke Stanislas Leczinska, who, as is well-known,
retired to Nancy after abdicating the throne of
Poland in 1735, and of the great artists Claude
Lorraine, Jean Lamour, Lellier, and Moreau, who
paved the way for the new development, now in
progress ; for to the glories of the past, Nancy can
now add those of the present. Artists such as
Prouve, Hestaux, Gruber, Fridrich Majorelle,
Daum, Friant, Guingot, Bussiere, Wiener, and
others, have all achieved great things in sculpture,
painting, and decorative art, and have been eagerly
engaged for the last quarter of a century in reform-
ing the applied arts of every kind. Furniture,
glass, pottery, bookbinding, textile fabrics have all
felt the influence of the new movement, as is fully
proved by the various examples to be met with in
private mansions, and in museums where such
things are collected.
The man to whom is due the credit of having
VASE BY EMILE GALLE
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