Ernest Chaplet (1835 in Sèvres – 1909 in Choisy-le-Roi) was a French designer, sculptor and ceramist. He was a key figure in the French art pottery movement,Sullivan, Elizabeth, "French Art Pottery", In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014, online and his works are held in international public collections such as the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Having worked in industry for over 30 years, he opened an atelier with the sculptor Albert-Louis Dammouse in 1882, producing stoneware often influenced by Japanese designs"Ernest Chaplet ". jasonjacques.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015 and Chinese prototypes. From 1875 he worked with Félix Bracquemond."Ernest Chaplet". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 October 2015 Chaplet became head of the Parisian workshops of Charles Haviland of Haviland & Co. in 1882, working in stoneware and porcelain for them. He worked on ceramics with Paul Gauguin from 1886;Benicka, 154 together they created some 55 stoneware pots with applied figures or ornamental fragments, multiple handles, painted and partially glazed.Metropolitan Museum of Art timeline. Retrieved 10 October 2010 He later worked with Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin.
From 1887 Chaplet took up permanent residence at Choisy-le-Roi, often collaborating with the ceramics manufacture Alexandre Bigot. He won acclaim at the 1900 International Exhibition, but lost his sight in 1904, after which his son-in-law Emile Lenoble took over his studio. He committed suicide in 1909.The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, Volume 192. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1976. 246
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Benicka, Corinne. Great Modern Masters. Bookthrift, 1980. D'Albis, Jean. Ernest Chaplet. Knowledge Press, 1976 Thiébaud, Philippe. La Revue du Musée d'Orsay, nr 2, February 1996, Paris