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Émile Gallé

1846 - 1904

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Émile Gallé (French pronunciation: [emil ɡale]; 4 May 1846 in Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Émile Gallé has received more than 211,328 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Émile Gallé is the 27th most popular artist (down from 26th in 2019), the 1,186th most popular biography from France (down from 1,031st in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Artist.

Émile Gallé is most famous for his work with glass. He is credited with the invention of the modern style of glass-blowing and was one of the first to use glass as a sculptural medium.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Émile Gallé ranks 27 out of 125. Before him are Adolph Menzel, Keith Haring, Josef Albers, David Hockney, Banksy, and Ai Weiwei. After him are Edward Burne-Jones, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ulay, Akira Yoshizawa, Bernt Notke, and Méret Oppenheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Émile Gallé ranks 21. Before him are Antonio Abetti, Eusebi Güell, Nectarios of Aegina, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Anna Dostoevskaya, and Vasily Dokuchaev. After him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Léon Bloy, Karl von Bülow, G. Stanley Hall, Franz Mehring, and Mariam Baouardy. Among people deceased in 1904, Émile Gallé ranks 22. Before him are George, King of Saxony, Stepan Makarov, Paul Kruger, Lafcadio Hearn, Étienne-Jules Marey, and Mathilde Bonaparte. After him are Norodom of Cambodia, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Sami Frashëri, Alfred von Waldersee, Eduard Hanslick, and María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Gallé ranks 1,186 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Pagnol (1895), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Émile Bernard (1868), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Tancred of Hauteville (980), and Michel Tournier (1924). After him are Paul Bourget (1852), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), Arnulf of Metz (582), Édouard Vuillard (1868), Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1346), and Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178).

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Among ARTISTS In France

Among artists born in France, Émile Gallé ranks 4. Before him are Marcel Duchamp (1887), Yves Klein (1928), and Jean Arp (1886). After him are André Charles Boulle (1642), Nicholas of Verdun (1130), and Annette Messager (1943).

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