Art Nouveau Polychrome Barbotine Vase With Rich Decor Circa 1900

Impressionist ceramic: an old slip vase with rich natural and foral decoration in strong relief, on a brown and green background imitation of bark Art Nouveau style Period: circa 1900 No visible original mark, hollow letter B, attributed at the Montigny sur Loing factory Small chips and gaps due to its age but nice overall effect Dimensions: height 25 cm, width 33 cm, weight 4.650 kg The expression impressionist ceramics generally applies to "slip painting " or "vitrifiable gouache". At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the villages of Montigny-sur-Loing and Marlotte were the places of stay of many painters, such as Jean-Baptiste Corot, all attracted by the quality of the landscapes and the light. Eugène Schopin founded a ceramic factory in 1872 and collaborated with these painters to create a range of models inspired by impressionism. Several ceramic factories, such as that of Georges Delvaux (1834-1909), Albert Boué (1862-1918) and Charles Alphonse Petit (1862-1927), developed around this impressionist movement and produced until 1922.