Camille Faure Sculptures
Camille Faurè produced designs for Limoges, long famed for its enamels.
Born in Perigueux, France, in 1874, Faurè spent a long apprenticeship before setting up his own workshop at Limoges, where he worked for over fifty years. Fauré became Limoges’ most famous and talented enamel artist. He exhibited in the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, which gave Art Deco its name.
Faurè’s early work, like his post–World War II designs, involved large floral patterns, often in rich colors that kept in line with the Art Nouveau movement. He exhibited through his Paris shop, and produced vases, bowls, ashtrays, boxes and other items.
Faurè’s vases were made in many different shapes, including those of the gourd, kettledrum and egg, with geometric or stylized floral patterns. It was his geometric designs, however, which set him apart as the greatest creative enameller of the Art Deco style. These geometric designs included chevrons, lozenges, diagonal and stripe patterns and floral motifs, ranging from naturalistic to stylized patterns of leaves and flowers. The geometric patterns featured strong hues of blue, red, orange and yellow accented with blacks, whereas the floral patterns had more delicate hues such as turquoise, light blue, pink, lavender and white. Some vases had panels and borders of floral motifs combined with geometric stepped and angled motifs.
Using large vessels, vases, bowls or open-mouthed jardinières, the copper was covered in multiple layers of polychrome enamels in hard, vitreous, three-dimensional geometric designs of subtle complexity and color combinations. Faurè’s friend Marty occasionally worked with him in a very similar style. Both produced a small number of pendants in enameled gold, silver and copper.
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(Biography provided by Ophir Gallery)
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camille Faure Sculptures
Metal, Aluminum, Copper, Enamel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Camille Faure Sculptures
Brass, Copper, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Camille Faure Sculptures
Copper, Enamel
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Camille Faure Sculptures
Onyx, Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Camille Faure Sculptures
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Camille Faure Sculptures
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Camille Faure Sculptures
Marble, Spelter
Mid-20th Century Thai Camille Faure Sculptures
Resin
2010s French Art Deco Camille Faure Sculptures
Marble, Metal
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Camille Faure Sculptures
Metal, Wrought Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Camille Faure Sculptures
Marble, Spelter
Early 20th Century American Camille Faure Sculptures
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Camille Faure Sculptures
Gold
2010s French Art Deco Camille Faure Sculptures
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Camille Faure Sculptures
Wood, Art Glass, Glass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Camille Faure Sculptures
Metal, Aluminum, Copper, Enamel
20th Century French Camille Faure Sculptures
Copper, Enamel