
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, creative from a very early age, was a French sculptor, ceramicist and master glass artist, who played a pivotal role in the early 20th century art glass movement. His innovative designs, which included vases, lamps, jewelry, bowls, and other decorative objects, spanned both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. Following his graduation in 1906, Rousseau took the title of “engineer-ceramist,” working in a research laboratory before devoting his focus exclusively to the art of pâte de verre. Gabriel Argy-Rousseau began exhibiting in 1914 and quickly gained success and fame with massive critical acclaim. Argy-Rousseau's pâte de verre work is immediately recognizable for its technique and highly individualized decorative style that was apparent even in his earliest works. As was the ideal of the era, nature was the foremost theme in Argy-Rousseau's work, where flowers, insects, animals, and the female form were abundant. From 1917 onwards, his naturalistic forms became increasingly elongated, and the influence of both Japanese art and Greek mythology became more apparent.
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Peach Blossom" Cameo Glass Vase
$9,500| /Argy-Rousseau's "Peach Blossom" Cameo Glass vase features red peach blossoms with cream and purple centers that adorn the black branches encircling...
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Arbres" Pâte de verre Table Lamp
Argy Rousseau’s “Arbres” table lamp presents a nocturnal vision of a topiary tree. Rousseau’s stylization of trees was primarily based on Islamic A...
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Faunes et Nymphes" Vase
$25,000| /A French Art Deco glass pâte-de-Verre vase, "Faunes et Nymphes," by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, decorated with a frieze of a satyr, fawn, and nymph. The...
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Le Jardin des Hespérides" Pâte de Verre Glass Vase
$45,000| /A French Art Nouveau pâte de verre vase, this work by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau is entitled "Le Jardin des Hespérides (Garden of the Hesperides)." The ...
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Ecureuils Dans L'Herbe" Pâte de Verre Glass Vase
$22,500| /This French "Ecureuils dans l'herbe," or "Squirrels in the grass" pâte de verre vase by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau is exquisitely executed entirely in a...
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Eucalyptus" Pâte de Verre Glass Vase
$13,500| /This French Art Nouveau "Eucalyptus" pâte de verre vase, by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, features a white field flecked with soothing seams of orange, pu...
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau Pâte de Verre "Lions" Glass Vase
$45,000| /“Lions,” pate-de-verre glass vase by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau in the Art Deco style. The vase depicts a series of three male lions caught mid-hunt and...
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Lyciet de Barbarie" Pâte de Verre Glass Vase
$7,500| /This French pâte de verre floral-patterned vase, entitled "Lyciet de Barbarie," by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, is a subtly-hued piece that most centrall...
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