Woman in the Snow vase

Designer: Georges de Feure

1902

Porcelain, polychrome enamels

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A porcelain vase decorated with a woman in a flowing dress and a fur stole, surrounded by stylized floral motifs and scattered dots. The design is rendered in pastel colors against a light background. A porcelain vase decorated with a woman in a flowing dress and a fur stole, surrounded by stylized floral motifs and scattered dots. The design is rendered in pastel colors against a light background. The artistic movement known as Art Nouveau was deeply influenced by Japanese aesthetics and, insofar as it impacted the production of French ceramics, developed along two different paths. One lead to the highly refined painting represented by the graceful figure of a woman in the snow adorning Georges de Feure’s vase. The other direction, taken by small pottery workshops or individual ceramicists such as Delaherche, emphasized simple f