4998 x 3332 px | 42,3 x 28,2 cm | 16,7 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
18. Dezember 2011
Ort:
Avenue Rapp no. 29, Paris, France
Weitere Informationen:
Designed by Jules Lavirotte, Avenue Rapp no. 29, Paris was the residence of Alexandre Bigot. In 1901, Jules Lavirotte’s design for this won a municipal competition as the year’s best. Its extraordinary portal is the ultimate in Art Nouveau exuberance. The carved elements feature a central bust of a woman with flowing hair, balanced by carved naked figures rising above the sides. Alexandre Bigot (5 November 1862 – 27 April 1927) was a French ceramicist. He was primarily a ceramics manufacturer; producing the designs of many artists and architects of the French Art Nouveau movement; including: Jules Lavirotte, Hector Guimard, Louis Majorelle, Henri Sauvage, Henry van de Velde, Auguste Perret, Andre Arfidson, Anatole de Baudot and more. The large scale deployment of glazed earthenware on the facade of this building is the first example of its kind in the West. Glazed tiles are embedded in the stone and in the brick, and they cover much of the facade. The ceramicist responsible for this finishing was a Mr Alexandre Bigot, and the building proved to be an effective advertisement for his wares. It was very lavishly adorned even by the standards of the many ceramically finished facades that were built in the following years, which were for the most part appointed this way because this was a way to protect and beautify the iron and concrete materials whose use was fast becoming the standard. The building at 29 avenue Rapp also had a highly exotic door frame designed by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larrive, and sculpted by Messrs Sporrer, Firmin-Marcelin Michelet, and Alfred Jean Halou.[
