The Gallé Ceramics, French Book by Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, France 1984

La Céramique de Gallé (The Gallé Ceramics), French Book by the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy in France, 1984.
Émile Gallé, the founder of the School of Nancy, is unanimously recognized as one of the instigators of the vast international movement for the renewal of the decorative arts during the last twenty years of the 19th Century that gave birth to Art Nouveau. But Gallé is not only an outstanding master glassmaker and ceramist, nor an esthete sensitive to “end of the century” decay. He also lived intensely through the difficulties of his time.
This book deals with economic difficulties because Emile Gallé runs a company subject to competition and the machine’s development. It also talks about aesthetics to reconcile art and industry.
The sociological chapter explains how art becomes accessible to the masses. Finally, it places the work of Gallé in the political context of his time with the German occupation of the regions of Alsace and Lorraine and the Dreyfus affair.
This is a beautiful coffee table art book.

Features:
Title: La Céramique de Gallé – conservé au Musée.
Author: Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy.
Softcover book.
Language: French.
Numerous full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
159 pages.
Dimensions: 9.44 in x 11.63 in (24 x 29.5 cm).
Published in 1984 by Editions Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy.
The book is in good condition, with minor wear due to regular reading. Traces of water are visible on the lower edge, but no damage to the pages or the inside.