Clément Massier, an accomplished ceramist born into a multi-generational family of potters working in Vallauris, France in the second half of the 19th century, transcended his family’s metier. Rather than creating utilitarian objects as a means unto themselves, he used the ceramic medium as an aesthetic platform to make art.
Among the many international awards earned during his lifetime, Massier was awarded a gold medal at the world’s fair, Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1889. At the Exposition, it was Massier’s ceramic glazing techniques, using turquoise metallic luster, which captured the world’s attention.
Massier’s metallic luster glazes produce the dual properties of reflectivity and transparency to create iridescence. To achieve this, Massier fired his ceramics in a three-tiered process at increasingly lower temperatures. He applied the final glaze created from a metallic clay compound with a brush. When the blackened vessels had fully cooled, they were buffed until shiny to reveal his iridescent inspirations of nature. Each piece produced was a unique object revealing not only the hand of the artist but also the variable effects of temperature, natural elements and their interactive relationships. His glazes are illusory interpretations fused into fired earthenware. Conversely, the ceramic object’s solidity belies its ephemeral nature which constantly changes in light. This duality naturally inherent to this art medium is a theme that Massier echoes in his subject matter.
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(Biography provided by Galerie Fledermaus)
Large Clement Massier Art Nouveau degrade Porcelain French Planter 1900
By Clement Massier
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible planter with column in porcelain Art Nouveau signed CLEMENT MASSIER circa 1900
Porcelain
$3,787
H 3.34 in W 8.26 in D 6.1 in
Meissen the Wave Art Nouveau Bowl Figurine Henschtel Konrad Q 169, circa 1900
By Julius Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest Art Nouveau item: The wave Size: Height 3.34 inches Depth 6.10 inches Width 8.26 inches Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen sword mark (glazed bott...
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Villeroy and Boch Saxony Poppy Porcelain Egg Cups
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in New York, NY
Set of four Jugendstil Saxony Poppy porcelain egg cups by Villeroy and Boch, Dresden, Germany, dating between 1874- 1909. Beautiful stylized Art No...
Porcelain
$699
H 4.34 in W 1.78 in D 3.82 in
Art Nouveau Flower Vase Limoges Porcelain and Silver by Joe Descomps
By Joe Descomps Cormier, Limoges
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Flower vase On one side it has a nude - Erotic lady drinking wine, and on the other a devil. Very nice quality enamel porcelain flower vase. It has silver rings on the neck and on th...
Porcelain
French Art Nouveau Round Ceramic Decorative Charger by Clément Massier
By Clement Massier
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau round ceramic decorative plate by Clément Massier, depicting a Byzantine Head in iridescent enamel glazes, circa 1900s. Signed, ...
Ceramic
$695
H 8.75 in Dm 3.88 in
Antique Art Nouveau American Belleek CAC Lenox Silver Overlay Porcelain Vase
By Lenox's Ceramic Art Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique American Belleek silver overlay porcelain vase. By CAC (which becomes Lenox in 1906). Decorated with silver overlay throughout. T...
Silver
$8,048
H 17.33 in Dm 6.89 in
Large Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, After The Bath, By Robert Ockelmann, Ca 1900
By Robert Ockelmann, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative, fully sculpted representation of a naked young beauty with her hair tied back, covering her nakedness after her bath with a softly draped cloth, which she holds...
Porcelain
Large Clement Massier Pitcher, France 1920's
By Clement Massier
Located in New York, NY
Crackled white ceramic pitcher with a rope handle
Ceramic
$25,000 / set
H 58.27 in Dm 20.08 in
Pair of Enamel Ceramic Planters, Art Nouveau Period, France, circa 1900
By Clement Massier
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of enamel ceramic planters. Art Nouveau period. France, circa 1900. Attributed to Clement Massier. Planters dimensions: 51 cm diameter, 52 cm height. Bases dimensions: 42 c...
Ceramic
$12,000
H 2 in Dm 21 in
Large Art Nouveau Ceramic Landscape Plate with Luster Glaze by Clement Massier
By Clement Massier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large wall-hanging ceramic platter by French artist Clement Massier (1811-1917) made in his studio in Golfe-Juan, France, dated to August 31st of 1891. The Art Nouveau style plate ...
Ceramic
$5,200
H 11 in W 5.5 in D 3.5 in
Large Meissen Porcelain Art Nouveau Figurine of 'Girl with Apple Basket'
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Meissen Porcelain Art Nouveau Figurine 'Girl with Apple Basket' The porcelain figurine depicts a barefoot young girl standing beside a woven basket filled with apples. She is modele...
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Figurines
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of porcelain figurines were made by Royal Dux in approximately 1900 in the period and style of Art Nouveau. Both figurines are cl...
Porcelain
Heubach, Germany, Two Antique Art Nouveau Vases in Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Heubach, Germany. Two antique Art Nouveau vases in porcelain with hand-painted flowers. Ca. 1900. Measures: 16.5 x 7 cm. In excellent condit...
Porcelain