Gallery

Title
Chariot of Thetis
Location
Maison Gerard Art Deco, NYC
Creator
Jean Dupas, Jacques Charles Champigneulle
Creation Date
1934
Restoration Date
2007
URL
http://www.maisongerard.com
Description
Five verre eglomisé panels from The Chariot of Thetis, one of four murals designed by Jean Dupas and fabricated by Jacques Charles Champigneulle for the Grand Salon of the French liner NORMANDIE in 1934. The Grand Salon designed as the equivalent of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles also included Dupas’ murals entitled The Birth of Aphrodite, The Rape of Europa, and The Chariot of Poseidon. Each consisting of approximately 104 individual panels was 20 feet high and 50 feet wide and fabricated in the reverse painting on glass technique of Verre Eglomisé using gold, platinum, and palladium as the medium.