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... was the maxim for the original School of Nancy founded by Emile' Galle. The school was part of a provincil alliance
of industrial arts and consisted of a group of youg artistsans. The school was based on Galle's faith in "art for everyone."
It sought to unite arts with industry and to promote that marriage as widely as possible.
Like William Morris, who dedicated most of his 62 years to embellishing homes with furniture, Emile' Galle surrounded
himself with creative people who's vocations inspire an aesthetic based on the confrontation with the outdoors. Galle, who
integrated his naturalist inspiration and glass expertise with ravishing, sinuous decorations, wanted the school to "transform
the frame of daily life, to abolish the distinction between major and minor arts and to arrive at a new social art." He empraced
artistic developement in all branches of decorative art using the latest technological advances, to produce common household
objects in quanitity and at good prices.
(see links to Target "design for everyone" and
Michael Graves on our Links page.)
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Over a century later, Thomas Martin recognizes and embraces the merit of Galle's art philosophy and his School of Nancy.
Martin follows this school of thought with passion. "You never graduate from the school, you only forever practice and study."
In art for arts sake:
- Diversity matters
- Dimension matters
- The process matters
... where creativity supersedes execution. In a school of thought, that's
all you got. There are no degrees, diplomas, grades, or certificates. No bricks. No mortar ...
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