French artist and outstanding master of artistic ceramics Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1844-1910) was born in Limoges. The distinctive feature of the products of his workshop was the red glaze, created according to his own recipes with the addition of copper and called “Rouge Dalpayrat” (red Dalpayrat). The variations of colors that were obtained on the basis of this glaze were endless: he created unique combinations in turquoise, amethyst, often with veins of darker aubergine and brown.
Glazed double handled vase, 8.5 cm wide, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.
Dalpayrat studied the art of painting on porcelain at the School of Drawing in 1859, and then at the Municipal School of Painting on Porcelain. He studied in Bordeaux in the studio of Jules Veillard and then worked in various faience workshops in the south of France. In 1889, the master opened his own studio in the town of Bourg-la-Reine near Paris. Dalpayre’s wife and three sons also worked in the workshop. By the end of the 19th century, the workshop employed about 40 people. In 1906, the artist ended his career as a ceramicist, returned to his native Limoges and devoted the last years of his life to painting. His house and studio in Bourg-la-Reine are the property of the city. They currently house the Dalpayre Museum, which exhibits more than 120 of his works.
Mounted ceramic jug (possibly by Edward Colonna), h. 26 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, 1898–1902, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Dalpayre often worked in collaboration with the sculptor Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix, who modeled the forms, while Dalpayre was responsible for the remaining phases of the work process (firing, glaze, patina). After the death of Voisin-Delacroix in 1893, Dalpayre began collaborating with Adèle Lesbros. Their most famous collaboration from this period was a monumental three-metre-high fireplace, acquired by the French government for the Luxembourg Museum and now in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay.
Vase with two handles, width 37.5 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900Vase Ivy, height 22 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, Lucien Coudray, circa 1903-1906.Ceramic vase, height 30 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Ceramic jug, height 26 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Inkwell, height 60 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpaira, frame – Edward Colonna, circa 1900, Metropolitan Museum.Ceramic vase with turquoise goazure, height 17.5 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Ceramic vase with sculpted dragon, height 36 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1895.Vase by Pierre Adrien Dalpayre, in a gilded bronze frame by Maison Keller, presented at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, height 60 cm.Ceramic vase with iridescent glaze in a gilded frame, height 25 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Ceramic vase with glossy glaze in gilded frame, height 170 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Jug in gilded bronze frame, height 28 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Ceramic vessel in a silver gilt frame, height 18.5 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Ceramic vase Pomegranate with dark red, turquoise and violet flambé glaze, height 34 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Art Nouveau vase with stucco decoration, 60 cm high, and a small vase with cranberry and ruby glaze, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Spherical ceramic vase with seaweed decoration, height 47 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Table lamp, height 55 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpaira and Edgar Brandt, circa 1900-1902.Table lamp, height 60 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900-1902, Metropolitan Museum of Art.Ceramic vase decorated with roses, with bluish brown, green and purple red glaze, height 37 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra and Georges de Feur, circa 1898-1903.Glazed stoneware pumpkin shaped vase with lid, height 14 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat and Alphonse Voisin Delacroix, circa 1892-93.Ceramic vase in silver mount, Dalpayrat & Lesbros, design Maurice Dufresne, circa 1890, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.Vase in the shape of a pumpkin, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1903, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris.Ceramic teapot in silver gilt frame, Pierre Adrien Dalpaira and jeweller Alfred Fo, circa 1898, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.Fireplace by Pierre Adrien Dalpayre, Adele Lesbrault, presented at the Salon des Beaux Arts in 1894, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.Dalpayre’s house in Bourg la Reine.Glazed stoneware vase Colocynth in the shape of a pumpkin with the famous glaze in shades of turquoise, burgundy, moss and bone, height 22.5 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayra, circa 1900.Ceramic vase with Rouge Dalpayrat glaze, height 49 cm, Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat, circa 1900.
