#1860 - 1945

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RENÉ LALIQUE (1860 - 1945) ART NOUVEAU - The Kiss brooch, gold, emanel and ivory. Circa 1900 - 1902 FRANCE. Museum Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, PORTUGAL

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René Lalique (1860-1945) Vase «Formose» - modèle créé en 1924. - source Artcurial.

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"Vase Palestre", 1928 by René Lalique (1860–1945). French jeweller and glassmaker.

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Fredrik Kolstø (Norwegian, 1860 - 1945) - Evening atmosphere

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René Lalique was born #OTD (6 April 1860 - 1 May 1945). Since it's also still #BatAppreciationWeek, here are a few of Lalique's many bats!

1. bat anklet c.1898-9; gold, enamel, antique & rose diamond, opal 2. bat ring c.1899; silver, enamel, moonstone, gold both Musée des Arts décoratifs

Both these pieces were commissioned as gifts for American writer Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972), who was openly lesbian; bats were a Fin de siècle symbol of homosexuality. But they were also popular Art Nouveau motifs thanks to Japonisme. Here is another example:

3. Ring c.1901, gold, blue enamel, sapphire

And another, this one paired with another popular Art Nouveau animal:

4. "Butterflies and Bats" pocketwatch, c. 1899-1900; gold, enamel, moonstone.Via Christie's (sold in 2002 for US$207,500)

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Artist/Maker: René Jules Lalique (1860-1945)

Place of origin: Paris

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rene lalique (1860-1945) was a french jeweller, medallist, and glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and automobile hood ornaments

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The Wave by Arthur Frank Mathews (American, 1860--1945)

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Noel ~ 1905 ~ René Jules Lalique (1860-1945), a French glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks and automobile hood ornaments

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The intricate ornament designs of French glass artist, René Lalique (1860-1945)

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René Lalique (French, 1860-1945) • Mulberry brooch with beetles • c. 1900. Gold, pearls, and enamel

René Lalique • Pensee enamel brooch • c.1900

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Mascotte de René Lalique (1860-1945) sur la Packard 640 Custom Eight Phaeton by LeBaron 1930. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.

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Fredrik Kolstø (Norwegian, 1860-1945) - Autumn Subject

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René Lalique was born #OTD (6 Apr 1860 - 1 May 1945), and it’s also #Caturday, so…

Lalique ‘Cats’ choker, c.1906–8

Rock crystal, gold, diamonds

H. 5.4 x W 33.8 cm

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

“This choker is perhaps one of the most elegant pieces by the artist in the Gulbenkian Collection, for despite its apparent sobriety and absence of colour, it presents a truly prodigious combination of technique and supreme artistry. It is made up of a series of small engraved rock crystal squares, alternately decorated with cats and foliage, linked by gold mesh. The joints enabling the squares to flex are concealed by small diamonds, and the top and the bottom of the choker have a gold border enamelled in white.

This extremely sober piece reveals the play of light and transparency that the artist cultivated throughout his life, particularly through the use of glass in his jewellery. In this case, the same effect is achieved with rock crystal, an extremely difficult material to work. The stylistic evolution of the artist is noteworthy in this piece where the dominant lines are rectilinear as opposed to the more sinuous forms of Art Nouveau.”