Émile Gallé - Cimetière de Préville, Nancy, France
N 48° 41.489 E 006° 09.725
32U E 291159 N 5397046
[FR] Émile Gallé est un industriel, maître verrier, ébéniste et céramiste français. [EN] Émile Gallé is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement.
Waymark Code: WMM81J
Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 08/07/2014
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[FR] Il est fondateur et premier président de l’École de Nancy en 1901. Enfant de l'art et du commerce, il est l'une des figures les plus marquantes des arts appliqués de son époque et l'un des pionniers de l'Art nouveau. C'est également un précurseur en matière de génétique et d'évolution concernant le monde végétal, ses travaux méconnus du grand public sont d'une grande pertinence puisqu'ils précèdent ceux de Mendel et en annoncent pourtant les grandes lignes. À la porte de son atelier de Nancy on pouvait lire cette devise : « Ma racine est au fond des bois1.».
Le 23 septembre à l'âge de 58 ans, il meurt d'une leucémie. Il repose au cimetière de Préville, à Nancy.
[EN] He learned glassmaking at Meisenthal and came to work at his father's factory in Nancy following the Franco-Prussian War. His career took off after his work received praise at the Paris Exhibition of 1878.
Within a decade of another successful showing at the Paris Exhibition of 1889, Gallé had reached international fame and his style, with its emphasis on naturalism and floral motifs, was at the forefront of the emerging Art Nouveau movement.
In 1901, together with Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin, he founded an Art Nouveau movement known as École de Nancy (The Nancy School). Many of Gallé works are kept at the Musée de l'École de Nancy.
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Date of birth: 05/08/1846
Date of death: 09/23/1904
Area of notoriety: Art
Marker Type: Tomb (above ground)
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
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Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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