be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement.
Gallé was the son of a faience and furniture manufacturer and studied philosophy, botany, and drawing in his youth.
He later learned glassmaking at Meisenthal and came to work at his father's factory in Nancy following the Franco-Prussian War.
His early work was executed using clear glass decorated with enamel, but he soon turned to an original style featuring heavy,
opaque glass carved or etched with plant motifs. His career took off after his work received praise at the Paris Exhibition of 1878."
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