Eugène Kremer, compagnon de l’Art nouveau
Eugène Kremer was eleven years old when he walked into the Meisenthal glassworks. He came out of it a draughtsman and enameller good enough to work alongside Émile Gallé, in the years between 1867 and 1894 when Gallé used this valley as his laboratory and Meisenthal became, by its own account, the cradle of Art Nouveau glass.
This exhibition at the Musée du Verre is the first to give Kremer a room of his own. It follows him from the manufactory floor outward: the precise line, the enameller’s hand, the decorative invention that fed the Art Nouveau pieces the village is remembered for. The part that has never been shown before is the private one — drawings and objects he made for his own family, kept in private hands and passed down through generations, brought out here for the first time.
It is also a border story. Kremer’s working life fell across a period when this corner of Moselle changed nationality more than once, and the exhibition follows a craftsman’s career through it rather than around it.
Dates and admission
1 April 2026 to 3 January 2027. The exhibition is shown at the Musée du Verre, part of the visitor circuit of the Meisenthal glass site, which also includes the Centre International d’Art Verrier. Opening times and admission vary by season: check the official site before travelling.
Where
Site verrier de Meisenthal, 1 place Robert Schuman, 57960 Meisenthal, Moselle, France.
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