Vase with snowdrops
Art Nouveau ceramics, produced from around 1880 to 1914, the start of World War I, encompassed a variety of different styles and influences, including national historicism, nature, symbolism, and an interest in Japanese culture. The period’s diverse practitioners were driven by the search for new forms that responded to the sweeping social, cultural, economic and artistic changes wrought by industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century and the advent of World War I.
The Art Nouveau French ceramicist Robalbhen specialized in vegetal and floral motifs such as the snowdrops seen on this unusually shaped vase, which appear to organically meld with the rough surface of the vessel.
The Art Nouveau French ceramicist Robalbhen specialized in vegetal and floral motifs such as the snowdrops seen on this unusually shaped vase, which appear to organically meld with the rough surface of the vessel.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vase with snowdrops
- Maker: Henri-Léon Charles Robalbhen (French, Joinville-le-Pont 1862–1906 Valmondois)
- Maker: or possibly Henri Alphonse Laurent-Desrousseaux (French, 1862–1906)
- Date: ca. 1897–1906
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Glazed earthenware
- Dimensions: confirmed: 7 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (18.7 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.450.5
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Henri-Léon Charles Robalbhen
ca. 1898–1905
Henri-Léon Charles Robalbhen
ca. 1900
French, Saint-Porchaire or Paris
ca. 1550
Multiple artists/makers
after 1771–72, mounts ca. 1780
Saint-Cloud factory
Rue de la Ville l'Evêque
ca. 1730–40
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