By Primavera
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
“Panther”by Primavera, circa 1930
An exceptional brown and white glaze enameled ceramic zoomorphic sculpture of a walking panther on a black enameled base.
Signed on the base "Primavera E.Pierre"
Circa 1930.
Bibliography : "Primavera, naissance de la céramique moderne",
Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval, 2013, illustrated page 87.
“Primavera 1912-1972, Atelier d’Art du Printemps"
Alain-René Hardy, Faton Edition
Primavera 1912-1972: Atelier d’Art du Printemps
Primavera, “Spring” in Italian, was the first French department store to set up a creative workshop at the beginning of the 20th century.
The adventure began in 1912 with two Decorative Arts enthusiasts:
Pierre Laguionie (1884-1978), director of “Printemps” Department Store and lawyer René Guilleré (1878-1931), founder of the Salon des Artistes Dé-corateurs.
Their objective is to promote the craft of Art in the daily life of the French people on the motto of the beautiful and the useful.
Decorative objects and furniture (furniture, ceramics, glassware, carpets, up-holstery, wallpapers, etc.) must be beautiful, modern, of high quality and at affordable prices.
The studio acquired young decorative artists such as Marcel Guillemard (1886-1932) and Louis Sognot (1892-1969) for furniture, and for works of art and ceramics by Madeleine Sougez (1891-1945)active from 1920 to 1928, Claude Lévy (1895-1942) from 1919 to 1929, Paule Petitjean...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Primavera Sculptures