1. Alexandre Bigot's firm was based at Rue des Petites Ecuries, Paris and he created a ceramics factory in Mer in 1889 which employed as many as 150 people.
12 Facts About Alexandre Bigot
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Alexandre Bigot was trained in the sciences before eventually excelling in the arts.
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Alexandre Bigot held a doctorate in chemistry and was interested very early on in creating enamels resembling natural gems.
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In 1894, Alexandre Bigot presented his pieces for the first time at the Salon of the Societe nationale des Beaux-Arts.
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Architectural ceramics were reaching the pinnacle of their popularity and Bigot took the opportunity to found his own company, A Bigot et Cie.
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Alexandre Bigot's work was rewarded with a Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris for which he collaborated with Paul Jouve and Rene Binet on the main entrance gate on the Champs-Elysees.
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Alexandre Bigot worked first on the building at 12, rue Sedillot for which his participation was still limited.
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Alexandre Bigot next worked on 3, square Rapp, the edifice on which Lavirotte turned him loose with an eclecticism that was much less restrained than the previous one.
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In 1914, Alexandre Bigot ceded direction of the company Alexandre Bigot et Cie to Camille Alaphilippe in order to become a technical advisor to the ceramics industry.
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Alexandre Bigot fabricated Rene Binet's designs for the main gateway to the Paris Exhibition of 1900.
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Alexandre Bigot's work was acquired in its entirety by Jeno Radisics, the director of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts and remained in store until 2013, when much of it was displayed at the Museum.
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The sandstone tiling by ceramist Alexandre Bigot covers this reinforced concrete duplex of twenty workshops with residences.