1903-1923. model by. VELDE, Henry van de

ø 26,5 cm.

Model year: 1903. Relief decoration "whip lash", cobalt blue underglaze painting. Press marks, painter's marks, artist's signet, sword marks painted twice. Rim slightly bumped from below.

Van de Velde: painter, graphic artist, architect, designer, studied at the Academy in Antwerp. 1907-1914 director of the art school in Weimar, 1907 founding member of the Deutscher Werkbund. 1926-1943 Director of the Institut Supérior des Arts Décoratifs in Brussels. One of the most versatile and important Art Nouveau artists * Partner auction Bergmann.

Literature : Just (1983) no. 89, Jedding (1981) no. 117.

Provenance : South German private collection.