Andre Hunebelle embossed mark. André Hunebelle was a French master glassmaker. He was born on 9/01/1896 in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine) and died on 11/27/1985 in Nice, France.
In a short essay, he defined his stylistic aims as a glassmaker, explaining that he wanted to be ''an adept of an abstract art where the geometric exactness, the poetry of line, and transparency are combined.''
He also patented techniques for producing exact mouldings of items.
His glasswork displays a calculated modernism in contrast to influences derived from animals, plants and flowers which featured in the work of contemporaries such as René Lalique, Pierre D'Avesn and Marius-Ernest Sabino at the time. Hunebelle chose to focus on geometric forms, using technique and his scientific background to enhance light emission as much as possible. Surface contrasts, volume intersections, polished-non polished effects, geometry, light and poetry of line feature prominently in his work. Hunebelle employed both mold-blown and pressed-molded techniques in producing his pieces.
