Ernest Chaplet (1835 in

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– 1909 in

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) was a French designer, sculptor and

ceramist Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take varied forms, including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is a visual art. While ...

. He was a key figure in the French

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movement, and his works are held in international public collections such as the

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, Paris. Having worked in industry for over 30 years, he opened an

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with the sculptor Albert-Louis Dammouse in 1882, producing

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often influenced by Japanese designs and Chinese prototypes. From 1875 he worked with

Félix Bracquemond Félix Henri Bracquemond (; 22 May 1833 – 29 October 1914) was a French painter, etcher, and printmaker. He played a key role in the revival of printmaking, encouraging artists such as Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro to use ...

.Ernest Chaplet
.

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. Retrieved 10 October 2015 Chaplet became head of the Parisian workshops of Charles Haviland of Haviland & Co. in 1882, working in

and

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for them. He worked on ceramics with

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...

from 1886; together they created some 55 stoneware pots with applied figures or ornamental fragments, multiple handles, painted and partially glazed. He later worked with

Jules Dalou Aimé-Jules Dalou (; 31 December 183815 April 1902) was a 19th-century French sculptor, admired for his perceptiveness, execution, and unpretentious realism. Early life Born in Paris to a working-class family of Huguenot background, he was rais ...

and

Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (; ; 12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a u ...

. From 1887 Chaplet took up permanent residence at

, often collaborating with the ceramics manufacture Alexandre Bigot. He won acclaim at the 1900

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, but lost his sight in 1904, after which his son Emile Lenoble took over his studio. He committed suicide in 1909.''The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, Volume 192''. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1976. 246

Gallery

File:Ernest Chaplet Ibis Vase.jpg, Ibis vase File:Ernest Chaplet II.jpg,

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File:Vase with swan MET DP704016 (cropped).jpg, Porcelain vase with swan, Haviland & Co., 1880s File:Vase LACMA M.2007.180 (cropped).jpg, Stoneware vase, 1880s File:Vaas van grès met ingegrifte en in reliëf gemodelleerde versiering met drie vliegende zwaluwen en prunusbloesems (cropped) BK-1989-5.jpg,

Stoneware Stoneware is a broad class of pottery fired at a relatively high temperature, to be impervious to water. A modern definition is a Vitrification#Ceramics, vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay or non-refractory fire ...

vase with swallow, mid-1880s File:Tankard with man drinking from jug MET DP704022 (cropped).jpg,

tankard with man drinking from jug, Haviland & Co., mid-1880s

References

Sources

*Benicka, Corinne. ''Great Modern Masters''. Bookthrift, 1980. *D'Albis, Jean. ''Ernest Chaplet''. Knowledge Press, 1976 *Thiébaud, Philippe. ''La Revue du Musée d'Orsay'', nr 2, February 1996, Paris {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaplet, Ernest 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors French ceramists 20th-century French sculptors 20th-century French male artists 1835 births 1909 deaths People from Sèvres Art pottery French potters 1909 suicides Suicides in France 19th-century French male artists