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- Title
The Reception of René Lalique's Work in the United States, 1900-1940.
- Authors
Booij, Lennart
- Abstract
This article discusses the arrival and reception of the works of the French artist and glass industrialist René Lalique (1860–1945) in the United States, based on important, recently discovered documents from the personal archive of his son-in-law, the well-known American photographer Paul Haviland (1880–1950), in Paris. It addresses the questions of how we should regard Lalique’s art glass and to what extent industrial innovations, patent protection, and social circumstances played a role in his artistic developments.The article maps Lalique’s quest for the creation of so-called modern industrial luxury. Topics covered in this assessment include Lalique’s artistic developments in the pivotal period, about 1909, when his shift to glass was becoming unavoidable; his first all-glass presentation in the United States; and his activities during and after the war years (1914–1918). Thanks to a profusion of documents and additional finds, it is possible to provide a broader outline of Lalique—the man, the artist, and the industrialist—as well as the manner in which his output was regarded in the United States between 1900 and 1940.
- Subjects
FRANCE; LALIQUE, Rene, 1860-1945; ARTISTS; JEWELERS; JEWELRY design; GLASS art; INDUSTRIALISTS; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Glass Studies, 2016, Vol 58, p253
- ISSN
0075-4250
- Publication type
Article