Golden Garden Vase by Odette Chatrousse-Heiligenstein

Name: Golden Garden Vase by Odette Chatrousse-Heiligenstein
Brand: Odette Chatrousse-Heiligenstein
Price: 1800 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

GOLDEN GARDEN VASE, by Odette Chatrousse Heiligenstein and possibly Auguste (Claude) Theodore Heiligenstein (1891-1976) In 2015, Brigitte Patin, the granddaughter of Auguste and Odette Chatrousse Heiligenstein, wrote that although her grandmother Odette was an accomplished ceramist in her own right, she was very modest and demurred to her husband’s standing among Parisian art circles. Auguste Heiligenstein was a respected Paris-based ceramist specializing in translucent vitrified enamel glazes and gold outlining, a technique which he had developed and for which he had become quite well known. As a young artist, by contrast, her husband had known what it was like to go unrecognized for good work. From 1920-1922, Auguste worked at Maison Rouard, a tony Parisian retail store of applied art formerly known as A La Paix. As an assistant in the decorating shop working under Marcel Goupy, Auguste executed the enameling as per Goupy’s designs. In addition to Goupy signing all of these items, Auguste Heiligenstein was prohibited from exhibiting his own works under his own name. Jean Mayodon, a former instructor of Heiligenstein’s at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs whose work was represented by Maison Rouard, introduced Auguste and Odette Chatrousse. It was Odette who offered Auguste a new path by inviting him to come work in her ceramics studio and introducing Auguste to ceramic making. His reputation was made at the 1924 Salon in Paris where he was awarded a gold medal. The two married sometime around 1925. The signature style of Auguste Heiligenstein’s vitrified enameling is unmistakeable. Set off by gold outlining, the white stylized leaves and flowers in the vase’s mid section are framed by rectangular panels of stripes which are carried up and down beyond the distinctive red and gold banding of diagonal stripes. This emphasis on geometric forms and a stylized rendering of nature is a hallmark of the newly emerging Art Deco style. The vase’s form is elegant and subtle; its slightly bulbous shape tapers upward to a delicate neck. Aptly, the mouth is diminutive in size. But the ceramist is not silenced. Odette Chatrousse makes her voice heard. It is the initials of Odette Chatrousse Heiligenstein which are distinctly painted in white on the vase’s underside and, as if to place a finer emphasis on their partnership, embellished with two wavy lines.

Creator:

Odette Chatrousse-Heiligenstein (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 12.25 in (31.12 cm)Width: 7 in (17.78 cm)Depth: 7 in (17.78 cm)

Style:

Art Deco (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Earthenware,Enameled

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

1920-1929