Art Nouveau and Art Déco mosaïc , tiles and ceramic works .

samedi 17 décembre 2016

Immeuble Plessis



The Plessis  Building(Rue Baudrière in angers ) is built between 1939 and 1940 for François Plessis, a baker. This building is designed by  architect Georges Montier. The mosaics of porcelain stoneware are made by Pierre De Guisti. Their signatures is on the front...





jeudi 8 décembre 2016

Blue fountain.



In 1931, under the direction of the architect Henri Jamard, the mosaicist Isidore Odorico  completely revamps the facade of this bistro on the Place du Ralliement in Angers (now less visible from the street, sheltered under a veranda) in a pure Art-Deco style.  The year Next he opened a branch of his workshop ofRennes in Angers.


mardi 1 novembre 2016

Notre Dame de toute grâce.



    The church of Notre-Dame de Toute Grâce du Plateau d'Assy (Our Lady Full of Grace ) is a Roman Catholic church built on the plateau d'Assy between 1937 and 1946, in a aera dedicated to sanatoriums and healing institutions built in ethe 20's and 30's to cure tubercolusis and other diseases before antibiotics spread. It faces Mont Blanc. The church is unique for its decoration, designed by some of the best-known artists of the twentieth century. It is also viewed as an important step  in the development of modern sacred art, although its consecration in 1950 raised some consternation within the french clergy....
 The facade is decorated by mosaïcs made after a drawing of famous painter Fernand Léger.




Mirror of justice






samedi 3 septembre 2016

Tonnelle et Charmille..

  T and C intertwined recall the names of the former name of this family hotel near the station of Le Croisic : Tonnelle and Charmille.


Le Croisic



lundi 1 août 2016

La Rotonde







This building , located boulevard Gambetta in Nice,  is the 1929 work of  Georges  Dikanski. Called "La Rotonde", it is a fine piece of Art Déco style...