René Lalique: Art Deco Gems from the Steven and Roslyn Shulman Collection

November 27, 2020 – June 19, 2022

Exhibition Overview

The work of René Lalique has been universally hailed as representing the most chic and sophisticated qualities of French Art Deco styles. Lalique was a champion of the strengths and possibilities of glass as an art medium, expanding its use beyond glass’ ubiquitous status as an industrial material. René Lalique: Art Deco Gems from the Steven and Roslyn Shulman Collection, an incredible group of nearly 200 objects, will introduce Museum of Glass guests to Lalique’s artwork and aesthetic, which helped to define the Art Deco movement in the early twentieth-century. His understanding of the physical properties of glass, willingness to embrace technology, and philosophical views on decorative arts set the stage for the Studio Glass movement and furthered a change in the public perception of glass as an art medium. Lalique’s influence illuminates an understanding of how artists use glass today and where glass needs to look in the future.

Featured Images

Image Credits

René Lalique (French, 1860-1945). Automobile Radiator Cap, Victorie (Victory). Designed 1928. Mold-pressed glass; 9 1/16 × 10 1/16 × 4 in. Promised gift of Steven and Roslyn Shulman. Photo by Duncan Price.
René Lalique (French, 1860–1945). Vase Oléron. Mold-blown glass; 3 9/16 in. Promised gift of Steven and Roslyn Shulman. Photo by Duncan Price.
René Lalique (French, 1860-1945). Coffret Rectangulaire Épines (Rectangular Box with Thorns), 1922. Mold-pressed glass; 3 1/16 × 7 × 4 1/8 in. Steve and Roslyn Shulman Collection. Photo by Duncan Price.
René Lalique (French, 1860-1945). Vase Penthièvre, 1928. Mold-pressed glass; 10 1/4 in. Steve and Roslyn Shulman Collection. Photo by Duncan Price.
René Lalique (French, 1860-1945). Bouchons de Radiateur Chin Cheavaux (Five Horses Radiator Cap), 1925. Mold-pressed glass; 5 7/8 × 5 11/16 × 2 1/16 in. Steve and Roslyn Shulman Collection. Photo by Duncan Price.
René Lalique (French, 1860-1945). Flacon Cigalia, 1910. Wood, mold-pressed glass; 3 9/16 in.Steve and Roslyn Shulman Collection. Photo by Duncan Price.
René Lalique (French, 1860-1945). Statuette Suzanne, 1925. Mold-pressed glass; 9 1/16 in.and Roslyn Shulman Collection. Photo by Duncan Price.
René Lalique (French, 1860-1945). Perfume Bottle and Box, Flacon Parfum A for Lucien Lelong. Designed 1929. Mold-blown glass and mold-pressed glass, acid-etched, with enamel and enameled metal case; 4 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. Promised gift of Steven and Roslyn Shulman. Photo by Duncan Price.