Grand vase, 1899
Zsolnay Art Potteryexpand_more
Earthenware with iridescent metallic-lustre 'eosin' glazeexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.237
On View in Gallery 379expand_more
In central Europe-Austria-Hungary and what are now the Czech and Slovak states-Art Nouveau ceramic production was generally far more commercial than elsewhere. With the marked exception of certain Viennese workshops, design was geared more to popular taste.
In Pécs, Hungary, Vilmós Zsolnay and his son Miklos created a range of brightly-colored lusterware at the family firm of Zsolnay founded in 1862. Around 1899, a factory chemist, Vinsce Wartha, developed the Eosin glase for which the firm became world famous. Though the designer remains unknown, this grand vase is one of the finest examples in the entire Zsolnay production. Earthenware with the celebrated iridescent metallic-lustre glaze, this piece was extremely important to the firm, having been featured in the Hungarian display at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle (the same year the company swelled to 1000 employees). The wilted tulip blossoms conveyed the sentiments of Symbolism, a parallel art movement in which ideas and emotional experiences could be suggested by equivalents in color and design.
Details
- Title
- Grand vase
- Artist Life
- Pécs, Hungary
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 98.276.237
- Curator Approved
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