Jean-Joseph Carriès
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Jean-Joseph Carriès (1855-1894) was a French sculptor and ceramicist who became a pioneer of art pottery. He abandoned conventional bronze sculpture for stoneware ceramics, creating grotesque faces, masks, and fantastic creatures in richly glazed surfaces. His work influenced Art Nouveau ceramics.
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About Jean-Joseph Carriès
Carriès pioneered art pottery, creating grotesque ceramic faces and fantastic creatures. His richly glazed stoneware abandoned academic sculpture for raw, expressive ceramics that influenced Art Nouveau.
Carriès's Le Grenouillard (Frog-Man) is held at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Carriès pioneered art pottery, abandoning conventional bronze sculpture for richly glazed stoneware.
Carriès lived from 1855 to 1894, and his ceramics influenced the Art Nouveau movement that followed.
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