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A. Walter or Argy Rousseau like Glass: more info?

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nigel benson:
Hello all,

I've been off doing a bit of reading to double check my facts, as a number of things on the boards have caught my eye recently.

Argy Rousseau was born on the 17 March 1885 and was therefore not active in the 1890's through to 1915.

His first exhibition showing glass was in 1914 at the Salon Des Artistes Francais. At that time he was a completely unknown glass artist. The majority of his pate de verre was made through the 1920's, although work goes on to 1937.
 
I originally noticed this error in Andy McConnell's book on Twentieth Century Glass, published by Millers, back in late August when I bought a copy. I assume that is where you got your information, Stephen? In it Andy suggests that Argy Rousseau (amongst others) influenced Galle with work he exhibited at the 1878 Paris Exhibition - see page 71 under the title "Art Nouveau". This would not have been possible as he had not been born at the time :o

I thought I'd better check in case my memory was playing tricks before I made the post here to clarify a factual error ;) Interestingly, the illustrations in Andy's book both say "1925" and "1920".

The signatures were achieved by engraving the model before it was fired.

Cheers, Nigel

Frank:

--- Quote from: nigel benson on January 20, 2007, 01:20:00 AM ---Argy Rousseau was born on the 17 March 1885 and was therefore not active in the 1890's through to 1915.

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I sincerely hope that poor Argy was active, in some respect, in the 1890's, and not comatose. Of course, indulgence at an early age was not unknown at that time >:D

However, despite your excellence in pointing out the incongruities Nigel, how did he engrave his signature before firing when the glass was in granular form. A puzzle for me?

Frank:
p.s. We really need you to visit more regularly Nigel. Not being critical just respecting you and wishing that you dropped by and commented with greater frequency.

nigel benson:

My apologies, both about Argy's 'inactivity', and about the use of the term 'model'. This writing lark isn't as easy as it's cracked up to be - there's always another way of reading something, Doh!!

The description of the process of making of a piece of Argy Rousseau pate de verre is quite complex and I used the term as used in the book, "G Argy Rousseau, Glassware as an Art" by Janine Bloch-Dermant, which I think would be better conveyed here as a mould. The process describes the mould as a 'model'.

Effectively, this meant that the scratching would become raised on the finished article. A straightforward positive/negative scenario.

Hope that clarifies things, Nigel 

Max:
That's interesting Nigel, I'd assumed it was signed after completion.  Another snippet to squirrel away.  Cheers!

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