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Large table lamp by Claude Victor Boeltz, Paris, France, circa 1980
$5,696.54
£4,249.25
€4,800
CA$7,928.73
A$8,506.11
CHF 4,562.50
MX$102,412.41
NOK 57,515.69
SEK 52,446.34
DKK 36,579.65
About the Item
Large table lamp in “exploded” bronze gilded with fine gold. Gold-plated brass frame.
It supports a block of rock crystal.
Original lampshade.
Biography
Claude Victor Boeltz, France (1937)
Claude-Victor Boeltz is born in 1937 in Paris. Complete artist (sculpture, painting, foundry, pottery, ironwork), « meilleur ouvrier de France », after many experiences and learning sculpture from Henri Mollens, Claude-Victor Boeltz finally focused on working with bronze and semi-precious stones . In the 1960s, he created a foundry in the Loire Valley and received the prize for the youngest craftsman in France. His works are therefore exhibited throughout Europe. He met the sculptor César in 1970, his work inspires this creation called “exploded bronze” (explosion of molten bronze).
He collaborated with great jewelers, including Cartier, and sold his creations in an art gallery located Faubourg St Honoré in Paris. He left for the United States in the 1980s and worked for famous palaces in Dallas.
- Creator:Claude Victor Boeltz (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 24.41 in (62 cm)Width: 13.78 in (35 cm)Depth: 8.27 in (21 cm)
- Power Source:Plug-in
- Voltage:220-240v
- Lampshade:Included
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1980-1989
- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1980
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU939446975722
Claude Victor Boeltz
Each Claude Victor Boeltz piece is glamorous yet retains a richly organic feel that adds a touch of bold sophistication to any interior. This French Surrealist designer popularized a technique he called “exploded bronze” — a process that has the metal components of a given piece appear as if they were liquified and then crystalized after an explosion.
Boeltz was born in Paris in 1937. There were several artists in his family, and Boeltz quickly developed creative interests at an early age. He fell in love with painting, architecture, ceramics and more, but was also intrigued by scientific fields such as geology and anatomy.
Boeltz studied under the sculptor Henri Molins and apprenticed at the Susse Frères and Houdot foundries. Additionally, he enrolled in classes in the evenings at the Boulle School in Paris and the Paris Academy of Art. He frequented museums and found much to appreciate in the work of artists such as Alberto Giacometti, Demetre Chiparus, Salvador Dalí, and Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann.
After moving to the French Riviera, Boeltz became personally acquainted with Pablo Picasso. He worked for a period with Picasso, and in the mid-1960s, he established a foundry in the Loire Valley. By the late 1960s, his work was being noticed around Europe (his works were sold by the likes of Cartier). His turning point came in the early 1970s when he met the sculptor César Baldaccini, whose “compression” pieces inspired Boeltz to experiment with abandon, and his “exploded bronze” technique was born.
Boeltz’s Hollywood Regency-style furnishings — mirrors, candlesticks, picture frames, lamps and even ceiling fixtures — were made with this new process. The designer then worked to decorate these “exploded” pieces with semi-precious stones — often African emeralds — or other luminous materials such as quartz and Murano glass. He subsequently opened two foundries to produce these kinds of works.
In the early 1980s, Boeltz moved his facilities to the United States. He built a large foundry in Nevada, and today, Las Vegas hotels now house many of his works. His collectors have also included Salvador Dalí, Baron Rothschild and others.
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