Edmond Lachenal

He was a key figure in the French art pottery movement,[1] and his works are held in many international public collections.

Edmond Lachenal was one of the pivotal figures in the development and creation of Art Nouveau in ceramics, and his works are comparable in influence and importance to those of Ernest Chaplet, Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, and Albert Dammouse.

In 1889, Lachenal received his first gold medal at the World's Fair in Paris for his work with faience wares in the style of Theodore Deck.

This procedure was controversial at the time (Émile Gallé was one who disapproved), but allowed him to produce brightly colored work.

Lachenal also produced faience editions of vases by Hector Guimard in the same organic style as the Paris Metro entrances in 1902.