Mougin brothers

The first part of Mougin brothers' work is deeply connected to Art Nouveau, combining vegetable naturalism and female symbolism, crystallizations with glazes.

Although not officially part of the Ecole de Nancy, the two brothers get very close to its members, especially with Victor Prouvé who they admire a lot and become great friends with.

This friendship opens many doors : Joseph and Pierre then lease their services to other ceramists, to get enough money to survive and also keep working on research for their own productions.

Among the many artists who trust them with the edition of their works are Victor Prouvé, Ernest Wittmann, Louis Majorelle, Alfred Finot and many others, which also leads them to several prizes and honorary titles.

At this time, they choose to experiment the potential of geometric shapes, lines and volumes offered by brand new Art Deco, and live quite a comfortable life for several years, although they have to accept some of their work being the object of mass production.