ART NOUVEAU CERAMICS

Influenced by the work of Japan.

Japanese ceramics, some even shaped like flowers, The three dimensional relief effect
were achieved by sculpting damp clay into flower blooms, plant stalks etc.
The development of high temperature porcelain with crystallised and matte glazes, with
or without other decoration, is typical of these works.













Late 19
th
century ceramics

More on vegetal and zoological motifs particularly seen in Japanese art


La Societe' des Artistes Francais, 1898. (Emile Muller / Alexandre Vibert "Lys et Lizard" Vase .)










Art Nouveau "Woman in the Snow" Vase by Georges de Feure, Paris ca.1901











"Album de la Dcoration", which also illustrates vases by Etienne Moreau Nlaton



French Art Nouveau vase by Jean-Jacques Lachenal