Edmond Etling
French art dealer, gallery owner, and manufacturer (c. 1878–1918)
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Edmond Laurent Etling (23 June 1878 – 24 October 1918) was a French art dealer, gallery owner, designer, and a manufacturer of high-quality decorative objects made of bronze, ceramics and art glass in the Art Deco style.[2]
He owned La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling (English: Edmond Etling Limited Company) for manufacturing, his foundry was named Edmond Etling & Cie, and sometimes the products are referred to as "Etling Glass". His gallery, Galerie Béranger, was located in Paris, however there are discrepancies on the exact address.[3][4]
Biography
Etling was born in Paris, 11, rue des Halles (1st district), the son of Cerf Etling and Valerie Dreyfus.[1] His company La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling, founded in Paris in 1909,[5] manufactured decorative object and commissioned sculptors and artists, including Georges Béal,[5][6] Demétre Chiparus,[4] Claire Colinet,[4] Armand Godard,[5] Geneviève Granger,[5] Marcel Guillard,[5] Maurice Guiraud-Rivière,[4] Géza Hiecz,[5] Fanny Rozet,[4] and Lucille Sévin.[5] Other artists worked with Etling when casting their statuettes including Aurore Onu, Marcel Bouraine, Pierre Le Faguays,[7] Raymonde Guerbe, and André Vincent Becquerel.
Etling is known for light blue opalescent objects such as plates and bowls, which were also produced in gray and frosted glass.[5] Most items bore the cast signature "Etling France" followed by a model number related to the Choisy-le-Roi catalogue.[8]
In 1910, Etling was awarded the diplome d'honneur at Brussels International (1910).[4]
He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor by decree of October 18, 1918.[9] He died a few days later in Paris, 11th arrondissement, on the 24 October 1918.[10]
In the 1970s, the Manufacture Royale de Porcelaine de Sèvres reproduced some Etling designs, particularly the female nudes.