Edmond Laurent Etling (before 1909 – around 1940) was a French art dealer, gallery owner, designer, and a manufacturer of high-quality decorative objects made of bronze, ceramics and

art glass Art glass is a subset of glass art, this latter covering the whole range of art made from glass. Art glass normally refers only to pieces made since the mid-19th century, and typically to those purely made as sculpture or decorative art, with ...

in the

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style. He owned ''La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling'' (English: Edmond Etling Limited Company) for manufacturing, his foundry was named ''Edmond Etling & Cie,'' and sometimes the products are referred to as "Etling Glass". His gallery, ''Galerie Béranger'' was located Paris (however there are discrepancies on the exact address).

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His company ''La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling'', founded in Paris in 1909, manufactured decorative object and commissioned sculptors and artists, including Georges Béal, Demétre Chiparus,

Claire Colinet Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (1880–1950) was a French sculptor of Belgian birth who worked during the early-to-mid 20th century. The subject matter of her best known work was primarily Arab female dancers. The majority of her career output in ...

, Armand Godard, Geneviève Granger, Marcel Guillard, Maurice Guiraud-Rivière, Géza Hiecz,

Fanny Rozet Fanny Rozet (1881–1958; née Stéphanie Amélie Mismaque), was a French sculptor. She was known for her Art Deco sculptures, decorative objects, and lamps. She was the first female student to attend L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-A ...

, and Lucille Sévin. Other artists worked with Etling when casting their statuettes including Aurore Onu,

Marcel Bouraine Marcel Bouraine (1886–1948) was a French sculptor. He is known for his work in the Art Deco-era, specifically small statuettes, lamps, bookends, and radiator figures. Biography Marcel Bouraine was born in 1886 in Pontoise, Île-de-France, ...

, Pierre Le Faguays, Raymonde Guerbe, and André Vincent Becquerel. Etling is known for light blue opalescent objects such as plates and bowls, which were also produced in gray and frosted glass. Most items bore the cast signature "Etling France" followed by a model number related to the Choisy-le-Roi catalogue. In 1910, Etling was awarded the diplome d'honneur at Brussels International (1910). In 1923, he was awarded the Grand Prix in Paris. In 1940, Etling closed his shop due to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. Because Etling was of Jewish descent, he was send to a Nazi concentration camp where he died. In the 1970s, the '' Manufacture Royale de Porcelaine de Sèvres'' reproduced some Etling designs, particularly the female nudes.

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Projet Etling / Etling Project, Glass of La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling
{{DEFAULTSORT:Etling, Edmond Date of birth missing Date of death unknown French people executed in Nazi concentration camps French art dealers French brands Glassmaking companies of France Design companies established in 1909 French Jews who died in the Holocaust 20th-century French Jews

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