Vase With Thistles By Jules Habert-dys, Circa 1900

Jules-Auguste Habert-Dys (1850-1930)

Vase with thistle decoration.
Acid-etched and cut glass.
Diameter at the neck: 6.5 cm.
Height: 29.5 cm.
Signed, circa 1900.
Perfect condition.

Painter, glassmaker, and engraver, Jules Habert-Dys, although rare on the market, is a major figure of French Art Nouveau.
A student of Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and a collaborator of Bracquemond at the Sèvres porcelain factory where he worked from 1888 to 1911, he also worked for Haviland, decorating pieces from the so-called "Impressionist" period. Author of several collections of decorative motifs (birds, seaweed and fish, flowers, etc.), he designed for numerous areas of the decorative arts, including earthenware, enamels, furniture, and silverware.
He taught his art at the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris until 1927.
His production of art glass is infrequent, often monochrome or subtly nuanced, the decoration revealed by cutting and acid etching on a frosted background. Towards the end of his career, like another master of the glass arts, Ernest Chaplet, he created glasses with powerful forms and profound textures made possible by the use of metallic additions.

His work is featured in numerous museums, including the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.