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René
Lalique (1860 - 1945)
René Lalique was born in the town of “Ay”
of Champagne, France, where a rich natural environment
remains even today. Following the advice of his mother,
Lalique began to work as a jeweler’s apprentice when
he was 16 years old. With only four years experience,
Lalique started to receive orders from leading jewelry
houses such as Cartier, and later he designed for the
famous actress Sarah Bernhardt the jewelries she wore
at her stage.
After working with the perfumery Coty, he switched his
career to work with glass. Over the era of shifting from
art nouveau to art deco, Lalique successfully
became a master of both movements. He created a 15-meter
tall glass fountain called “the Fountain of France”
that served as the monument for the International Exhibition
of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris (commonly
known as the “Art Deco” Expo) in 1925.
He also showed his talent in the world of architectural
interior ornaments, as seen in the wagon of “Côte
d’Azur Express” and the luxury ocean liner
“Normandie.” |
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