Léon Can

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Signature of Léon Kann

Léon Kann (* 1859 in Dambach-la-Ville ; † 1925 ) was a French sculptor .

Life

Léon Kann studied sculpture with Aimé Millet and Pierre Louis Rouillard . His main focus was on the designs of smaller decorative objects, which he showed at the salons of the Société des Artistes Français .

He was active as a sculptor from 1896 to around 1915. From 1896 to 1998 and again from 1900 to 1908, cans designed for the porcelain manufactory Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres . The artistic director there, Alexander Sandier, followed the zeitgeist of Art Nouveau and had Kann design bold new shapes, glazes and decors with Hector Guimard , Joseph Chéret and Henri Lassere .

Works (selection)

  • Coffee cup and saucer with fennel pattern, Léon Kann 1900, Petit Palais

  • Teapot with snake handle, Kann, Petit Palais

  • Attachment bowl with lid , 1900
  • Vase of dandelions , 1900
  • Paire de vases ovoïdes
  • Vase cratère
  • Pichet coloquinte à anse nervurée végétale , 1900
  • Ombellifères
  • Vase of fruitiforme
  • Vide-poche , 1910
  • Pumpkin Vase , 1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Web links

Commons : Léon Kann  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Léon Can. In: jasonjacques.com.
  2. ↑ a b vase. In: Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York.
  3. ↑ Victor Arwas : Art Nouveau. The French Aesthetic. Papadakis Publisher, 2002, ISBN 978-1-90109-237-0 , p. 520.
personal data
SURNAME Can, Léon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Dambach-la-Ville
DATE OF DEATH 1925