Henri NAVARRE, thick glass vase

Henri Navarre was born in Paris on April 4, 1885. A woodcarver in 1902 at the école Bernard Palissy, chiseler, goldsmith and craftsman in 1905, he was admitted to the école Supérieure Nationale des Beaux-Arts, from which he left to pursue technical training at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers (Lucien Magne workshop). There, he studied stained glass and mosaics. From 1906 to 1911, he worked as a stone cutter on building facades, modeling large figures in terracotta.
In 1924, he created the sculptures and stained-glass windows for the "Intransigeant", and in 1938 a large vase for the French Pavilion at the New York Exhibition.
Henri Navarre is a member of the Salon d'Automne and of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs, of which he is vice-president, and a member of the jury of the école Supérieure Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Concours de Rome of the Conseil Supérieur de l'Enseignement des Beaux-Arts. He has been an Officier de la Légion d'honneur since 1947. Goldsmith, glassmaker, medal engraver and sculptor Henri Navarre is a complete artist.
His glass sculptures are not cut, but stamped, like ceramics in the mold. By playing with all the incidences created by the fluid, living material, he obtains shiny zones, bursts of transparency or a rough matte finish that make each of his masks, torsos and, in particular, the great Christ of the Ile de France, a work in which glass paste and fire collaborate intimately with the artist's creative will.