CHARPENTIER Alexandre (1856-1909)

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ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – ALEXANDRE BIGOT – WINE JUG, CIRCA 1893

WINE JUG, CIRCA 1893
Enameled grès
Incised Bigot monogram under the base
Height: 25 cm.

Exhibition
SNBA 1893 (model in pewter)
Les Cinq, Paris 1896, n. 17
Alexandre Charpentier – Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, Paris, musée d’Orsay, 23 January- 13 April 2008 et Bruxelles, musée communal d’Ixelles, 29 May – 31 August 2008, n. 180 in the exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 175

Bibliography
J. Acheroni, Salon de 1893 – The Triumph of Pewter, Le Bambou, no. IV, illustrated periodical, pewter model illustrated p. 97
G. Mourey, The Decorative Art Movement in Paris, The Studio, March 1897, vol. X, n. 48, ill. p. 125
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Introduction à l’art d’Alexandre Charpentier. Catalogue sommaire de l’oeuvre (sculpture – art décoratif), Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’art français, 1996, published 1997, ADc 45, p. 225 and manuscript
Hélène Bédague, Alexandre Bigot, Chimiste et Céramiste, éditions Louvre Victoire, Paris, 2016, ill. p.165

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ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – WINE JUG, 1897

WINE JUG, 1897
Glazed porcelain
Signed and dated 1897. Numbered 2
Height: 25 cm

From a limited edition of 20 copies distributed by Marty, the printer of L’Estampe originale, each sold for 20 francs

Exhibition
SNBA 1893 (model in pewter)
Les Cinq, Paris 1896, n. 17
Alexandre Charpentier – Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, Paris, musée d’Orsay, 23 January- 13 April 2008 et Bruxelles, musée communal d’Ixelles, 29 May – 31 August 2008, n. 180 in the exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 175

Bibliography
J. Acheroni, Salon de 1893 – The Triumph of Pewter, Le Bambou, no. IV, illustrated periodical, pewter model illustrated p. 97
G. Mourey, The Decorative Art Movement in Paris, The Studio, March 1897, vol. X, n. 48, ill. p. 125
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Introduction à l’art d’Alexandre Charpentier. Catalogue sommaire de l’oeuvre (sculpture – art décoratif), Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’art français, 1996, published 1997, ADc 45, p. 225 and manuscript
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics / An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015,
ill. p. 105

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ALEXANDRE-LOUIS-MARIE CHARPENTIER – “LA SOURCE TARIE” INKWELL, 1906

“LA SOURCE TARIE” INKWELL, 1906
Bronze with a dark brown patina
Signed
18 x 25.5 cm.

Exhibition
Salon d’Automne, Paris, 1906, n. 349 (plaster)
Musée d’Orsay, Alexandre Charpentier Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, 22 January-13 April 2008
Bruxelles, musée communal d’Ixelles, 29 May-31 August 2008, ill. p. 167, n. 171

Bibliography
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Introduction à l’art d’Alexandre Charpentier. Catalogue sommaire de l’oeuvre (sculpture – art décoratif)”, Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’art français, année 1996, published in 1997, Sc 29, p. 219

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ALEXANDRE-LOUIS-MARIE CHARPENTIER – TWO-SIDED COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION

TWO-SIDED COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION
Silver, for la Société des Amis de la Médaille Française
Signed with the monogram of the artist and numbered 48
6.7 x 7.3 cm.
A similar example in bronze is to be found at the Musée d’Orsay, MEDOR 268

Exhibition
Salon de 1902
Hôtel de la Monnaie, La Médaille en France de Ponscarme à la fin de la Belle Epoque, June to September 1967, n. 151, pp. 24 & 26

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, January 1902, p. 54
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1902, tome I, pl. 75