Clément Massier (1844-1917). Glazed Ceramic. "rabbit". Art Nouveau;

Signed under the base, Clément Massier, Golfe-Juan, A.M;
Length 16 cm, height 8.5 cm, width 8.5 cm.
Great-grandson of Pierre Massier who settled the family in Vallauris on the French Riviera around a pottery workshop, Clément Massier will be one of the great renovators of Art Nouveau ceramics in the South of France.
His rich ceramic production will influence many artists, in France and internationally.
From 1876 to 1880, Clément Massier collaborated with the ceramist Félix-Opta Milet, based in Sèvres and with whom he will produce Japonist ceramics exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1878.
He continued in parallel to work with his brother Delphin in Vallauris before their growing rivalry led him to establish his own workshop and independent production in Golfe-Juan, in 1883.
In 1887, Clément Massier hired the French symbolist painter Lucien Levy-Dhurmer as artistic director.
In 1896, Clément Massier exhibited his work at Sigfried Bing's "Art Nouveau" store and then regularly participated in the Universal Exhibitions.
This was the peak of his career, during which his clients included no less than Queen Victoria of England[2], Emile Zola, the King of Sweden, Georges Sand and Victor Hugo.