Jean-Paul VAN LITH (born 1940)

Lot 115 - Jean-Paul VAN LITH (born 1940)
Glass sculpture
Signed and dated 90 on the terrace
Unique piece
Chips on base
Dimensions: H: 50, W: 25.5; D: 12.5 cm
Jean-Paul VAN LITH trained at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués in Paris, in the ceramics section, which quickly led him to glass.
In Biot, where his workshop is located, he collaborated with Jean-Claude Novaro from 1979 to 1981, creating some six hundred pieces decorated with metallic lustre and gold, following a technique he had applied in ceramics.
In 1982, he began a collaboration with a crystal manufacturer (Waltersperger) in Blangy-sur-Bresle, northern France. Jean-Paul Van Lith creates his first crystal pieces with the help of a Venetian glassmaker. In 1982, the Por-tieux glassworks in the Vosges hired him to set up a glass art studio (which remained in operation until 1984). Monica Damian and Matei Negreanu joined him there.
In 1984-1985, i was appointed designer and instructor at the Hartswiller crystal glassworks near Strasbourg (founded in 1932).
His work has been shown in numerous solo exhibitions, mainly in France, but also in Luxembourg, Portugal, the U.S.A., Hong Kong and Korea.
In Seattle (U.S.A.), he exhibited with American glass artist Dale Chihuly.