Vintage Enamel over Convex Copper signed by R.BONHOMME, Limoges, France

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Vintage Enamel over Convex Copper signed by R.BONHOMME, Limoges, France:
$195.00

This painting depicts with agreat sensitivity a little bridge over a stream with quite warm colours.

The lacquered frame measures8,66\"x 10,12\".

The actual enamel over copperartwork measures 4,02\" x 5,71\".

Enamels are intact.

Signed on the artwork by theartist René BONHOMME.

Few words about the enameling process…

Enameling is glass fused to metal at high heat.

The piece is fired at about 1450 degrees F for several minutes and removed from the hot kiln.

The enameling process is specific: the enamelist must have a good knowledge of the colors and the effect of heat on them, as some of them change with the firing.

An individual enameled copper tile will have been fired six to ten or more times.

Metals may be worked - etched, chased, formed, etc. - before any enamel is applied.

Enameling is characterized by brilliant, non-fading colors, tremendous durability, variety of color effects depending on angle of light, and tremendous versatility.

The medium of enameling goes back two thousand years and forms part of the artistic heritage on six continents.

Limoges, France, is a famous center of vitreous enamel production.