74 - Jean-Paul VAN LITH (born in 1940)

Jean-Paul VAN LITH (born in 1940) Polychrome glass sculpture, signed on the piece and dated 97. One-of-a-kind piece. Some chips noted. Period: 20th century. Dimensions: H: 34; W: 30; D: 13 cm. Jean-Paul VAN LITH trained at the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris, in the ceramics department, which quickly led him to work with glass. In Biot, where his studio is located, he collaborated with Jean-Claude Novaro from 1979 to 1981 to create some six hundred pieces decorated with metallic lustres and gold, using a technique he had previously applied to ceramics. In 1982, he began a collaboration with a crystal manufacturer (Waltersperger) in Blangy-sur-Bresle, in northern France. Jean-Paul Van Lith created his first crystal pieces with the help of a Venetian glassmaker. The crystal factory in Portieux (in the Vosges) hired him that same year, 1982, to establish a glass art studio there (which remained active until 1984). Monica Damian and Matei Negreanu joined him there. In 1984–1985, he was invited to serve as a designer and instructor at the Hartswiller crystal factory near Strasbourg (founded in 1932). His works have been featured in numerous solo exhibitions, primarily in France but also in Luxembourg, Portugal, the U.S., Hong Kong, and Korea. In Seattle (U.S.), he exhibited alongside the American glass artist Dale Chihuly.