Marcel Goupy Glass Review

Marcel Goupy

A multitalented designer in a variety of media, Marcel Goupy created a distinctive series of elaborate enamelled designs for a wide range of decorative tableware and art glass in the Art Deco style 

Marcel Goupy (1886-1954) was primarily a designer rather than a glassworker.


 He studied architecture, sculpture, and interior decoration and was also a talented painter, silversmith, and jeweller. From 1918, Goupy began to design a range of clear glass tableware that included carafes,

jugs, and liqueur and lemonade sets.


 His " attractive clean designs had simple, enamelled decoration, much of which has survived in good condition because it was evenly applied and fused well with the glass.

Goupy s range expanded to include hand-blown vases and bowls, which were often decorated both inside and out. The ^ inner enamelling provided colour or

shading that set off the increasingly stylized motifs on the outside.


 The motifs included such Art Deco standards as leaping deer, repeating patterns, and figural and floral subjects. The vases offered the best surface for decoration and provided scope for complex designs in colours that were typically bright, but harmonious rather than garish.

Many of Goupy's designs were executed by August Heiligenstein (1891-1976). A talented designer in his own right, Heiligenstein was not allowed to sign his work for Goupy. Most Goupy pieces carry an enamelled "M. Goupy" signature.