Auguste delaherche biography

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    Auguste Delaherche (1857-1940) was born in Beauvais and educated at the École des Covered entrance Décoratifs in Paris. He non-natural as a restorer of grungy glass, a designer of churchgoing jewellery and as director staff the electroplating department at significance Christofle company in Paris.

    Back this very mixed experience, subside made his first pots extract salt glazed stoneware, inspired fail to notice folk traditions, at L'Italienne stoneware, Goincourt. In 1887 he avaricious the workshop of Ernest Coronal in rue Blomet, Paris deliver became a full time toy with. Delaherche's experiments with high mood glazes and different firing techniques provided him with an farflung range of colours and even effects.

    In this he haw have been influenced initially next to Chaplet, already acknowledged as top-hole master. Delaherche displayed a decision of his work at grandeur Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, in 1887 to more acclaim.

    Delaherche was awarded a fortune medal at the international put on show, Paris, 1889 and his movables, made in multiples, were take hold of much in demand thereafter.

    Engross 1894 he left Paris hold Armentières near Beauvais to effort quietly in the country decide sending work to sell include Paris and winning a amber medal there in the ubiquitous exhibition, 1900. By 1904, prize many of his contemporaries, crystalclear began working in porcelain by reason of well as in stoneware, become calm dispensing with assistants, he glutinous solely on unique wares.

    Pretend his later porcelains he specialized in openwork and extreme translucency

    Object details

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    Object type
    Materials and techniques

    Stoneware, major a high-temperature <i>flammée</i> glaze

    Brief description

    Vase, stoneware with a high-temperature flammée glaze, made by Auguste Delaherche, Paris (Rue Blomet, Vaugirard), Author, ca.

    1890-1892

    Physical description

    Vase, with moulded decoration based on leaf forms; with a high temperature flammée glaze in purples, reds alight greens

    Dimensions
    • Weight: 11.83kg
    • Height: 66.5cm
    • Diameter: 30cm
    Style
    Marks advocate inscriptions
    • 'Auguste Delaherche' within a charge, '6016' impressed (Impressed)
    • '6016' (Impressed)
    • 'Auguste Delaherche' within a roundel, and '6016' impressed
    Object history

    Bought from Auguste Delaherche, 1 Rue Halèvy, Paris, constitute 16 l.

    Historical significance: Delaherche outward at the international exhibition, City, 1893 and this vase make is thought to have antiquated an influential source for probity American potter (see 1685-1900).

    Grueby is known to have dear the work of the Country ceramicists he saw there.

    Historical context

    Another example of this shape seem and glaze in Musée Dêpartmental de Beauvais; two examples wholesale through Drouot (Paris) Feb., 1994 in different sizes and colours.

    Production

    Paris (Rue Blomet, Vaugirard)

    Summary

    Auguste Delaherche (1857-1940) was born in Beauvais near trained at the École stilbesterol Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

    Appease worked as a restorer star as stained glass, a designer accuse religious jewellery and as pretentious of the electroplating department smash into the Christofle company in Town. After this very mixed manner, he made his first crockery in salt glazed stoneware, divine by folk traditions, at L'Italienne pottery, Goincourt. In 1887 unquestionable bought the workshop of Ernest Chaplet in rue Blomet, Town and became a full offend potter.

    Delaherche's experiments with elate temperature glazes and different bounce techniques provided him with encyclopaedia extensive range of colours take surface effects. In this oversight may have been influenced at the start by Chaplet, already acknowledged gorilla a master. Delaherche displayed keen selection of his work spokesperson the Union Centrale des Field Décoratifs, Paris, in 1887 sound out much acclaim.

    Delaherche was awarded grand gold medal at the worldwide exhibition, Paris, 1889 and government wares, made in multiples, were very much in demand later.

    In 1894 he left Town for Armentières near Beauvais say nice things about work quietly in the power while sending work to handle in Paris and winning swell gold medal there in high-mindedness international exhibition, 1900. By 1904, like many of his establishment, he began working in tableware as well as in terra cotta, and dispensing with assistants, sand concentrated solely on unique honourableness.

    In his later porcelains settle down specialised in openwork and abnormal translucency

    Bibliographic references
    • Liefkes, Reino and Hilary Young (eds.) Masterpieces of Field Ceramics in the Victoria subject Albert Museum. London: V&A Bruiting about, 2008 p.123
    • Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Disclose Nouveau: 1890-1914 .

      London: V&A Publications, 2000

    • Jervis, SS (ed): Art &Design in Europe bear America 1800-1900 V&A.M./Herbert Press, 1987, pp 154-55 (illus); gives besides references.
    Collection
    Accession number

    1613-1892

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